Benoît Kounkoud fined 4,100 euros for indecent exposure

Benoit Kounkoud en a fini avec la justice. MAXPPP – Guillaume Horcajuelo

The right winger of the France team was initially accused of attempted rape at the end of January in Paris but the investigation only established a sexual exhibition, which he recognized.

French international handball player Benoît Kounkoud was fined 4 100 euros for sexual exhibition, with exclusion of the mention in his criminal record, during a hearing to plead guilty on Monday in the Paris court, we learned from a judicial source.

The right winger was initially accused of attempted rape at the end of January in Paris but the investigation only established a sexual exhibition, which he admitted, which led him to be summoned to appear in court on prior admission of guilt (CRPC), a sort of French-style guilty plea.

"He reserves the right to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation", his lawyer, Mr. Mario Stasi. Kounkoud was placed in police custody for a few hours on January 31, three days after being crowned European champion with the French handball team in Cologne (Germany).

Alcoholic evening

A 20-year-old woman accused him of trying to rape her "during an alcoholic evening in a club night of the 8th arrondissement" from Paris on the evening of January 30, the Paris prosecutor's office reported at the time. Benoît Kounkoud, 27, who plays for the Polish club Kielce, disputed the facts.

He is included in the larger group selected on Monday, before his conviction, by the coach of the French team Guillaume Gille to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games. The French Handball Federation announced in mid-April that it would quickly initiate a disciplinary procedure as well as a request for a position from the ethics commission. against Kounkoud.