Two French rugby players were arrested for alleged sexual abuse in Mendoza

While they were in Buenos Aires to travel to Montevideo, two players from the national team, which had just finished defeating Los Pumas, were reported for sexual abuse aggravated by intercourse.

The The French rugby team beat Los Pumas in a friendly last Saturday 28 to 13 in the first test match of the July window, at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza in what is the debut of Felipe Contepomi as head coach. The French team traveled to Buenos Aires and, while awaiting their trip to Montevideo to face Uruguay, two of his players were arrested over sexual abuse complaints.

According to Martín Ahumada, spokesperson of the judiciary of Mendoza, “There is a commission from the province of Mendoza that travels to Buenos Aires to bring them and proceed to conduct the corresponding tests.. If the expertise matches the victim’s testimony, the corresponding imputation will be carried out”, he told AFP.

Although it could not give the names of the detainees, the ‘Mendoza Post’ portal confirmed that they are Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, 21 and 20 years old, respectively, were two of the players arrested on Monday afternoon. The complainant said He met the players at a bowling alley, who went to celebrate the victory over the Argentinesthey were then escorted to the Diplomatic hotel, where they were to commit the crime. They were accused of sexual abuse aggravated by carnal access. After the woman was subjected to her own examination, the Sexual Crimes Prosecutor of the province, Darío Nora ordered the arrest of the rugby players.