Argentina court allows French rugby players facing rape charges to return home

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3 September 2024 at 2:11 pm·2-min read

The French rugby federation on Tuesday welcomed the decision by Argentine prosecutors to let Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou return to France despite the two national players remaining under investigation for rape.

An Argentine court on Tuesday allowed two French rugby players held for almost two months on rape charges to return home pending the conclusion of their case, in a move welcomed by the French rugby federation.

The plaintiff's lawyers did not oppose a prosecution recommendation to authorize the pair's departure, meaning they can "leave the country from this moment," a court in Mendoza, some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) west of Buenos Aires, said in a statement after Tuesday's hearing.

The prosecution, in its recommendation to the court, had said that the accusation had "lost its initial force."

Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou – both 21 – were arrested in early July in Buenos Aires, two days after winning their first international caps against Argentina in Mendoza.

They were charged with the aggravated rape of a 39-year-old woman who claimed they viciously assaulted her in a hotel room after a night out following the match.

The men deny the accusation, saying sex with the woman had been consensual.

They were released from detention into house arrest on July 17.

The pair were allowed to travel from Mendoza to the Argentine capital last week pending a hearing into a request for the charges against them to be dropped.

A date for that hearing has yet to be set.

'Joy and relief'

(AFP)

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