The former swimmer is under investigation for “rape and sexual assault on a minor of 15”.
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The custody of Yannick Agnel was lifted on Saturday December 11 at midday in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), franceinfo learned from a source close to the case. The former Olympic champion swimming champion will be presented to a judge.
>> What we know about the accusations of rape and sexual assault on a minor targeting former swimmer Yannick Agnel
Yannick Agnel was arrested Thursday at noon at his home in Paris on rogatory commission as part of a judicial investigation opened in Mulhouse for “rape and sexual assault on a minor of 15 years”.
The case dates back to 2016, when Yannick Agnel was training at the Mulhouse Olympic Swimming (MON) under the leadership of Lionel Horter. According to information from France Inter, it is one of the daughters of his ex-trainer. The complaint was filed during the summer of 2021, explained the prosecutor of the Republic of Mulhouse, Edwige Roux-Morizot.
“I personally know the person who lodged a complaint so you can imagine that this is something that particularly touches me. The girl’s complaint is now in the hands of the courts, she must go to the end.“, explained on franceinfo the Minister in charge of Sports Roxana Maracineanu.
Yannick Agnel has one of the finest records in French swimming: he was crowned double Olympic champion in London in 2012 over 200m and with the men’s 4x100m relay, then world champion in the same two races in 2013.