Two France rugby players have been arrested in Argentina on sexual assault allegations. Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou were arrested in Buenos Aires on a request from prosecutors in Mendoza after a formal complaint was filed against them, Martín Ahumada, spokesman for the provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office, said Tuesday.
France’s Oscar Jegou plays a rugby test match against Argentina in Mendoza, Argentina , Saturday, July 6, 2024. France’s Hugo Auradou grabs the line-out ball during a rugby test match against Argentina , in Mendoza, Argentina , Saturday, July 6, 2024. France’s Oscar Jegou and France’s Hugo Auradou, top right, play a rugby test match against Argentina in Mendoza, Argentina , Saturday, July 6, 2024.
The French team was in Mendoza over the weekend to play a test match against Argentina. Jegou and Auradou were arrested on Monday in Buenos Aires, where the French delegation had made a stopover before traveling to Uruguay. The two players have not yet been formally charged with any crime and were to be transferred to Mendoza to continue with the investigation, Ahumada said.
He declined to provide details about the alleged sexual assault, which according to the complaint took place at a hotel in the provincial capital of Mendoza.that if confirmed the assault constituted an “unspeakable atrocity” and that she was in contact with the French Rugby Federation and the French embassy in Argentina.
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