The two French rugby players were indicted for “aggravated rape in a meeting” on the night of July 6 to 7 in Mendoza in Argentina, while the players were on tour with the XV of France.
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The public prosecutor’s office in Mendoza in Argentina is in favor of dismissing the case for French rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, both indicted for aggravated rape in a meeting, franceinfo learned on Friday October 4 from a source close to the case confirming news from the newspaper The Parisian. “The defense requested the dismissal of the case before the prosecution, and the prosecution supports the dismissal of the case and requests a hearing with the judge”Martin Ahumada, spokesperson for the Mendoza (west) public prosecutor’s office, then told AFP.
The local public prosecutor’s office requests that the Argentine courts hold a hearing to examine this request for dismissal. This is what the lawyers of French rugby players have been demanding since the end of August.
This request will be evaluated by a judge during a hearing, the date of which remains to be determined. The two prosecutors in charge of the case request that“due to the complexity of the case, the hearing is allocated an exceptional duration of at least three hours, as well as the provision of the means to view the videos and audio recordings that this party presents to the support of the request”according to the dismissal request form that franceinfo was able to consult.