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The dropping of charges against Hugo Aurad and Oscar Jego draws a line under a dark period for France’s rugby community. An Argentinian court dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after a match in the country, the players’ lawyers said. “As we expected, the French players have been acquitted because the act …
The Friday announcement by judicial authorities in Argentina’s Mendoza province, where the alleged attack took place, comes after two days of closed-door hearings by Judge Eleonora Arenas on the matter earlier this week An Argentine judge will decide on December 10 whether to dismiss the charges against two French international rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two French rugby players charged with aggravated sexual assault in Argentina headed back to France on Tuesday, nearly two months after their stunning arrest in the South American nation. The French national team players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, wheeled their luggage through a frenzy of news cameras in the Buenos Aires International Airport ahead of …
PARIS — The French rugby federation welcomed the decision by Argentine prosecutors to let Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou return to France despite the two national players remaining under investigation for rape. The decision “is a further step towards the judicial truth of the matter,” the French federation said in a statement Tuesday. “As it has expressed from day one, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine prosecutors said Monday they would let two French rugby players accused of violently raping a woman fly home, even as the explosive case remained under investigation. A judge in Argentina’s western city of Mendoza, where the alleged assault took place, still must sign off on the decision, which clears the way for the departure of …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — 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, in the western part of the country, after a formal complaint was filed against them, Martín Ahumada, spokesman for the provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office, said Tuesday. …
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