After 48 hours in police custody, Yannick Agnel was presented to an examining magistrate, this Saturday, December 11. The former French swimmer, Olympic champion and world champion, is suspected of rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor, facts punishable by 20 years of imprisonment.
Former French swimmer and Olympic champion Yannick Agnel was indicted for ” rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old “And placed under judicial control, the Mulhouse prosecutor’s office announced to AFP on Saturday.
The placement in pre-trial detention, requested by the investigating judge in accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, was not ordered by the judge of freedoms and detention, said the prosecutor of the Republic of Mulhouse, Edwige Roux-Morizot.
Yannick Agnel was arrested Thursday morning, December 9 at his Parisian home, then placed in police custody in Mulhouse, in eastern France, where the facts alleged against him took place.
The French swimming federation plans to file a civil action
The case dates back to 2016. The swimmer, now 29 years old, had at the time been licensed from Mulhouse Olympic Swimming for two years. According to information from our colleagues from The team and France Inter, it is a swimmer, one of the daughters of her trainer, who lodged a complaint during the summer, for rape. She was a minor at the material time.
In recent weeks, other members or former members of the club have been auditioned. The French Swimming Federation clarified that Yannick Agnel was no longer dismissed, so it could not initiate disciplinary proceedings, but depending on the progress of the investigation, it could bring a civil action.
Since the end of his dazzling and exceptional career, Yannick Agnel has had the opportunity to comment on swimming events for the France Télévisions group. For the past few months, he has been feeding a column and a podcast for France Info radio. As of Thursday, the latter announced to suspend, until further notice, its collaboration with the sportsman.
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