Flag of support for jailed French rugby players and witnesses testify: how the case continues

Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou are accused of the crime of sexual abuse with carnal access, aggravated by the participation of two people.

The family and friends of Hugo Auradou (20 years) and Oscar Jegou (21), the French rugby players who remain in prison in Mendoza, within the framework of a goal for crime of sexual abuse with carnal access, aggravated by the participation of two personsthey hung a flag of support in front of the Judicial Pole of the provincial capital.

“Enough with the false complaints. We demand free and objective prosecutors for all innocent people who have been deprived of their freedom.“said the banner, written in French, because of the possibility that the athletes would receive a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

Starting this Tuesday Witnesses will testify in court to try to clarify the case. The first is the driver of the Cabify company that took the complainant (40) with Auradou, from a bowling alley to the Diplomatic Hotel, where the crime was allegedly committed. rapeafter France’s friendly victory over Los Pumas at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium.

Then they will do it victim’s friend and mother. And, if he was fit, since he had just been discharged from hypothymia and a bleeding stomach ulcer from taking painkillers, the complainingwhich ensures that Jegou invites her for a drink, she is dizzy and asks him to accompany her to the venue, where Auradou will be with her.

French rugby players were arrested on Monday, July 8 in Buenos Airesplace where the team stopped before continuing the preparatory tour of Uruguay, and then they were transferred to Mendoza. In this sense, Rafael Cuneo Libarona, lawyer of the accused and brother of the Minister of Justice of the Country, Mariano Cúneo Libarona, hopes to get house arrest in the country. Although Ana Natacha Romano, the victim’s lawyer, will ask for preventive detention until the trial date.

“We visit them both and we bring them clothes and food every day, they are in the context of imprisonment in a very serious detention center and they are well cared for. It’s a very difficult situation and I continue to believe in their innocence, absolutely. Auradou’s parents were there and Oscar’s aunt and manager also cameLibarona declared in a conversation with AFP.

Furthermore, he was confident that Auradou and Jegou would be acquitted. “More and more, because new evidence is coming out, videos and pictures are coming out every day and technology is helping us and allowing us to put together and build a very strong principle of innocence.“, He slipped.

According to the Mdzol site, the French rugby players went through the necessary search and the infirmary, before being placed in a six square meter cell, suitable for three people. There, they are alone and without communication. And they are forbidden to receive visitors, except for Libarona.