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Tag: Oscar Jegou

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentina: Legal team to seek acquittal of French rugby players in rape scandal

    Jégou and Araudou spent many days in jail for the feeble statements of a woman, which experts now say showed numerous inconsistencies

    The legal team representing French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Araudou after they were charged with rape in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced Wednesday that they would be mooting for their clients' acquittal after a psychological report on the woman who claimed to have been the victim was found to be full of “inconsistencies and contradictions.”

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 13:48 UTC

    French rugby players involved in rape case in Mendoza fly back home

    Araudou and Jégou boarded an Air France flight from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle

    French international rugbiers Hugo Araudou and Oscar Jégou boarded an Air France regular flight to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Wednesday after facing the consequences of a criminal complaint against both of them filed by a 39-year-old woman in the Argentine city of Mendoza, who claimed she had been sexually abused during an encounter at their hotel following a match between La Bleu and The Pumas.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 21:30 UTC

    French rugby players released but unable to leave Argentina

    Deputy Prosecutor Gonzalo Nazar signed the documents acquiescing to the athletes' release

    French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou, both aged 21, were released from their house arrest in the Argentine city of Mendoza Monday but will remain unable to leave the country pending the outcome of the rape trial against them after a complaint was filed by a local 39-year-old woman for things that allegedly happened in a downtown hotel after a match between La Bleu and The Pumas in July.

  • Monday, August 12th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    French rugbiers' future about to be decided

    Lawyer Rafael Cúneo Libarona, brother of the Federal Justice Minister, is representing the two players

    French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou might be released Monday from house arrest in the Argentine city of Mendoza where they are facing rape charges. Prosecutor Darío Nora will have to decide whether to file for their continued detention or face the trial in freedom. According to local media, the latter is the most likely option given the new evidence produced by the defense.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:21 UTC

    French rugby players granted house arrest pending rape trial

    Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou were transferred to an undisclosed residence in the area wearing tracking devices

    Mendoza Judiciary authorities Wednesday granted French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou the right to wait for their rape trial under house arrest in the Argentine province's capital after Prosecutor Cecilia Bignert acquiesced to a request filed by defense attorney Rafael Cúneo Libarona, a brother and former law firm partner of federal Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 19:50 UTC

    French international rugby players held incommunicado in Mendoza pending hearing in rape case

    Under no circumstance will Auradou and Jegou be allowed to fly back to France

    French international rugby players Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, who have been arrested in the Argentine province of Mendoza to face rape charges, spent the weekend separated from each other incommunicado before being transferred to another detention facility. For the time being, visitors are not allowed except for their legal teams after being formally charged Friday with “the crime of sexual assault with penetration, aggravated by the participation of two people.” A 39-year-old woman accused them of raping her multiple times and beating her in a Mendoza hotel room after a rugby match on July 7. The defendants claim it was consensual sex. If found guilty, they face between eight and 20 years in prison.