Oscar Jégou and Hugo AurradouRugby players from the France selection accused of violate a woman in a hotel Mendozawere dismissed by justice of said province this Tuesday. As indicated, the ruling determined the absence of crimeafter the French were prisoners for several days.
The sentence was determined by the Collegiate Criminal Court No. 1 From the first circumscription of Mendoza, after the judge of guarantees Elenora Arenas will issue the first instance ruling last December and gender and investigation prosecutors, Daniela Chaler and Darío Norathey will request the dismissal “For doubt or lack of evidence”
In addition, the decision was Backed by Chaler and Noraof the Fiscal Unit of Crimes against Sexual Integrity and representatives of Public Prosecutor’s Office. From there they argued that “There are not enough elements that allow sustaining a serious imputation” Against the defendants.
Besides, They fell to evidencedetermining that “distorted the accusatory hypothesis and does not support the accusation of abuse. “It included 18 Testimonies, 13 recordings of cameras and medical and psychological exams.
About the claim of Lack of gender perspective during the investigation filed by the lawyer of the complainant, Natacha RomanoThe court argued that its application does not imply the distortment of the confirmation of criminal acts, nor the violation of the principle of innocence or the guarantee of defense in trial.
What did those involved in the trial said
The defense lawyer of the rugbiers, Rafael Cúneo Libarona, He said: “We were able to demonstrate that there was never a violation like the criminal act never existed. And the judge very well emphasizes that this complaint generated enormous damage to the two players and that is why it dictates an absolute dismissal with respect to them. ”
Then he highlighted the absence of the fact, reaffirming that “The crime never existed.” Cúneo Libarona was part of the defense since the beginning of the trial.
For its part, the complaint appealed the resolution of Judge Arenas by “Absence of gender perspective in the assessment of the test” and “The dismissal of relevant evidence”. However, the Court rejected the appeal when considering that the decision of the magistrate “is duly founded and is adjusted to law.”
The confirmation failure of the dismissal mentions that, although the complainant has gone through “Various circumstances that have affected their physical and mental health” “ From the presentation of the complaint, it is not possible to attribute those facts to the accused because the film evidence demonstrates “A consensual sexual exchange between Auradou” and the woman.
After the complaint, the two French athletes were arrested and remained in preventive detention. Then justice ordered its house arrest In Mendoza, until they were Liberated last Augustand returned to France in September.
The case of the Rugbiers of France in Mendoza
The players of the Rugby French team, Hugo Aurradou and Oscar Jegou, had been formally charged with “Sexual abuse with aggravated carnal access“To the detriment of a woman in Mendoza. The athletes were arrested on Monday in Buenos Aires, two days after playing a friendly in front of Los Pumas In the province where the attack would have occurred.
According to a statement from the Mendoza Prosecutor’s Office, the prosecutor Cecilia Bignert charged the French “for the crime of sexual abuse with carnal access aggravated by the participation of two people“. Meanwhile, The victim was hospitalized Last Thursday due to a mood disorder and “a general decompensation of the body,” as confirmed by his lawyer, Natacha Romano.
After the match against Argentina, the players of the French Rugby National Team went to the Beerlin bar, where they consumed a large amount of alcohol, according to a young man from the place. According to Romano, the lawyer of the complainant, her client He met Auradou in another nightclub where the athletes came.
Then, the woman went with him to the diplomatic hotel and, after entering a room, he “He grabs her, throws her on the bed, begins to undress wildly and hits her“The lawyer detailed. With”fierce violence“He sexually abused her at least in Six occasions. An hour later, Jegou entered, who He repeated the facts “wildly.”
The imputation that weighs on Auradou (sexual abuse with carnal access aggravated by the participation of two people in contest with sexual abuse with carnal access) It can be greater because it includes the repetition of crimeexplained a source of the Prosecutor’s Office. For its part, The defense alleges that the relationship was consented but does not know the acts of violence.
Source: Ambito
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