Jegou-Auradou affair: vacation, strike, procedure… why the two players will not be judged for several months

the essential Indicted for violent rape by a 39-year-old Argentine woman, the two French rugby players are under house arrest until their trial which should only take place in several months.

After spending nine days in detention in Mendoza prison, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, the two players of the XV of France indicted for violent rape were finally released and placed under house arrest in a house in the city argentina.

According to our colleagues from RMC Sport, the two men will be accompanied by Hugo Auradou's mother, Marie, who arrived on site a few days ago. &quot ;Given the level of proof and the absence of procedural risk, it is possible to grant house arrest with a personal guarantee for each of them", the Mendoza prosecutor's office (north-west) indicated in a press release, specifying that they would both be equipped with electronic bracelets.

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The two men should therefore remain under house arrest for many months. Indeed, still according to RMC Sport, the investigation procedure should last at least two months, the time to carry out all the hearings of the various witnesses as well as all the necessary investigations.< /p>

It should also be added that strikes to protest against the massive layoffs of the Milei government are currently affecting employees of the Argentinian public prosecutor's office and that the vacation period has just opened judicial. So many elements mean that, even if the procedure should be faster than a traditional procedure in Argentina, the two players should remain under house arrest for several months.

"Nine to fourteen months"

Hugo Auradou, 20 years old, under contract with Pau, and Oscar Jegou, 21 years old, player from La Rochelle, face between eight and 20 years in prison. According to Florian Grill, if the case leads to a trial, it should be held within "nine to fourteen months".

The two young players are accused of having raped a woman on the night of July 6 to 7 in a room at the Diplomatic Hotel in Mendoza, a thousand kilometers away ;west of the Argentine capital, where the XV of France had just played a test match against Argentina, and the two before obtaining their first selection in blue.

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Arrested on July 8 in Buenos Aires, where the French delegation had returned, they were transferred to Mendoza on July 11 and charged the next day with aggravated rape, because it was committed in a meeting. The two players admit to a sexual relationship with the complainant, aged 39, but claim that it was consensual and deny any form of violence. Me Natacha Romano denounced in the press "atrocious" violence. Mr. Libarona, for his part, assured Monday that "very, very important evidence has emerged".