“We have new and crucial evidence,” assures their lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libarona.

Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou were able to spend a few minutes on Monday with their loved ones who arrived on site this weekend.

Hugo Auradou’s parents and Oscar Jegou’s aunt and manager were able to go to the Mendoza courthouse on Monday, July 15, with Argentinian lawyers, who wanted to be reassuring about the rest of the case. The two young players from the French XV are under investigation and accused of rape. Visibly moved and concerned, the players’ families left the Mendoza courthouse under the flashes of cameras. “It was a very moving meeting between the boys, the parents, the auntsays Rafael Cuneo Libarona, the players’ lawyer. C“It’s very important because it gives them strength.”

The defense’s priority is to obtain a house arrest. With the help of the French consulate, the families have already found a house to rent in the center of Mendoza. The psychological assessments of the players and their guarantor, as well as a technical feasibility analysis of the housing, still remain to be carried out.

On the investigation side, lawyers are confident. “We have new, crucial and consistent evidence. Very interesting videos have emerged. Recordings, movements, facesconfides lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libarona. This evidence comes from the hotel cameras, the elevator, the hallways, and it is completely sufficient to prove their innocence.”

The prosecution and defense appear to be making great strides, but their versions of the facts remain diametrically opposed.My fundamental proof is the victim’s body, because it speaks for itself. That is where the credibility and reality of the facts arise. In this case, there was disproportionate violence,” denounces Natacha Romano, the victim’s lawyer.

The prosecution, for its part, assures that a procedure has rarely been so quick and effective.