“He grabbed my neck and undressed me like an animal,” the complainant testified on France 2

“They brutalized me and treated me like a piece of meat.” “Envoyé spécial” was able to collect the testimony of Soldedad from Argentina who accuses two French rugby players, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, of having raped her at the beginning of July in a hotel room in Mendoza, Argentina.

“I went to the bathroom and asked him, ‘Please let me go home,’ because it was late.”explains the 39-year-old woman in voice messages sent to “Envoyé spécial”, in an extract – the image is a reconstruction – published on X on Tuesday, September 3. “He told me ‘no no no’, he grabbed my neck, he put me on the bed, he undressed me like an animal”assures the complainant.

“He pulled me out of bed while I was naked and lifted me by the neck, so high that I had no more oxygen”she says. She explains that she saw Oscar Jegou come in a few minutes later, and that he also “abused” of her. “I begged (…), he didn’t care”says Soledad, describing her injuries: “bruises around the eyes, on the face, on the outside and inside of the legs, (…) edema in the glottis and others in the left maxilla”among others.

The two 21-year-old rugby players dispute his version of events: they acknowledge a sexual relationship but claim it was consensual and deny rape. “We undressed, she started giving me a blowjob”Hugo Auradou told the Mendoza prosecutor’s office. “She joined me in my bed, took off my underwear and gave me a blowjob.”details Oscar Jegou, who assures to have been “very surprised” but not having refused.

Regarding the injuries, the defense points to von Willebrand syndrome, which causes poor blood clotting. But Soledad claims that “It is impossible that my illness could cause this. We will request a legal expert report to demonstrate this.”

Soledad deplores the decision of the Mendoza prosecutor’s office, which on Tuesday authorized the two rugby players to leave Argentina. “The French Federation [de rugby] invested so much money in this legal case to get them out, to be free as if they were heroes who had done nothing”she castigates. Even if they leave the country, rugby players will have to “to present themselves if summoned to the Argentine consulate in France, to establish a real and virtual address”or even “to report to Mendoza if asked”the Mendoza prosecutor’s office said. The full interview will be broadcast on Thursday, September 12 at 9 p.m. on France 2.