BUENOS AIRES: Two members of the French national rugby team touring South America were arrested in Argentina on Monday following an allegation of sexu...
: Two members of the French national rugby team touring South America were arrested in Argentina on Monday following an allegation of sexual assault, a justice official in Mendoza province told AFP.
“Today a commission from the province of Mendoza is travelling to Buenos Aires to bring them and proceed with doing the relevant examinations,“ said Martin Ahumada, a spokesman for the Mendoza prosecutor’s office. According to local media reports, the alleged attack took place at the Diplomatic Hotel in Mendoza, where France’s players and staff were staying for last weekend’s Test match.France are due to travel to Montevideo on Tuesday where they face Uruguay on Wednesday. The team is then due to return to Buenos Aires for a second Test against Argentina on Saturday.
“It’s the opposite of everything that rugby is, of everything that rugby does, of everything that rugby builds... But you must let the investigation, which is necessary, take place,“ he told journalists.The arrests come a day after a racism scandal that saw France fullback Melvyn Jaminet ousted from the squad in Argentina.“I promise, the first Arab I see on the road, I’ll headbutt him,“ Jaminet is filmed as saying in the Instagram video.
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