A pair of professional French rugby players have been released from house arrest in Argentina but must remain in the country while they await trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault after an Argentine court order.
FILE - Police escort French rugby players Oscar Jegou, second from right, and Hugo Auradou, right, from jail after they were given house arrest in Mendoza, Argentina , July 17, 2024. The players were arrested following charges of sexual assault after France played Argentina in Mendoza on July 6.
In a court document seen by The Associated Press, deputy criminal prosecutor Gonzalo Nazar said that the severity of the alleged crimes initially obliged the players’ preventive detention, but that has changed as the case appeared to weaken. The athletes have admitted to having sex with the plaintiff — whom they met at a nightclub after winning a match against the Argentine Pumas in Mendoza — but insisted that the encounter was consensual.
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