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French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina: Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou released
French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina: Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou released
(Franceinfo)
Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, accused of violence and rape and charged last July, have been acquitted. The lack of evidence and the contradictions in the victim’s story seem to support the French rugby players’ position.
A little over a month after their arrest, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou will be able to leave their house arrest in Mendoza. This is an expected decision, which constitutes a crucial step towards the judicial recognition of innocence. ” said Antoine Vey, the athletes’ lawyer. Charged with aggravated rape, they are prohibited from leaving Argentina while the investigation continues, and their passports have been withheld.
On the night of July 6-7, after a match between the French XV and Argentina, they are accused of raping and brutalizing a woman in their hotel room in Mendoza. On the hotel surveillance footage, the alleged victim arrived alone with Hugo Auradou. In an audio message sent to a friend, she details the physical after-effects of the violence she allegedly suffered. The taxi driver who drove her home did not notice anything abnormal. The contradictions in the complainant’s story and the lack of evidence justify the acquittal of the two rugby players.
