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Sexual violence: an athletics trainer in the Yvelines suspended

2020-02-18T17:05:55.910Z


The historic coach of a Yvelines club was suspended after being implicated by several athletes in the context of sexual violence.


Described as omnipotent, the historic coach of a Yvelines athletics club was suspended after being accused by athletes for acts of sexual violence, a new reply after serial revelations that rocked French sport . Following several complaints, a preliminary investigation was entrusted to the police station of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of the heads of "moral harassment", "sexual harassment" and "rape committed on a minor over 15 years", for facts likely to have been committed between 2004 and December 2019, learned AFP from a judicial source.

The implicated trainer, now a former historic manager of the West 78 Athletic Club (CAO78), was also suspended from his sport-related activities on January 4 by the Yvelines prefecture. request before the administrative court to contest his suspension, said his lawyer Me Charles Thuillier to AFP .

“My client is kept away from all the elements of the file. He is kept in total ignorance and was not heard by the police, said Mr. Thuillier. This decision (the suspension) seems unfounded and outrageous. It's frustrating".

A collective awareness of the girls at the origin of the procedure

On December 30, 2019, a technical officer of the Ile-de-France Athletics League (LIFA), who preferred to remain anonymous, received a phone call. “I was alerted by a former club member, who is still in contact with the girls (club members). The girls had a collective awareness, they realized that they were several (concerned) and wondered what to do, how to do, "he told AFP . The national technical director of athletics and the president of the League are informed "in the minute", then the departmental direction of social cohesion of Yvelines (DDCS), which organizes hearings in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the 4th January.

It appears from the “failures” exposed in the prefectural decree that the AFP was able to consult: “during a sports trip, sharing a room with an athlete, sexual relations (some of which with minors) imposed and obtained in a context of psychological influence ”. On January 4, the respondent was therefore suspended, five days after the alert was given. At the same time, an anonymous letter of denunciation was sent to the mayor of the city, who seized the public prosecutor, and several complaints were lodged.

Described as omnipotent in the Yvelines club, with “a guru side”, the coach and manager participated in the training of several groups, with minors and adults, in several specialties. Among the club's athletes playing at high level or close to being there, “two have found a training group. Others continue alone or are waiting to see more, "said the executive.

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Source: lefigaro

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