The mystery around the death of a judoka found with a rope around his neck in the middle of the forest of Plaisir, in the Yvelines, might be about to be clarified.
While the thesis of suicide had been quickly dismissed, the investigators arrested and indicted on February 9 a 26-year-old man, with whom the victim, the sportsman Antoine Seguin, would have indulged in a sadomasochistic sexual game, a indicated to
Figaro
a source close to the file, confirming information from
Parisian
.
The individual is accused of "violence resulting in death without intention to give it" as well as "non-assistance of person in danger".
The two men would have met on social networks.
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Described as "
shy
" and not accepting his homosexuality, the main suspect would have explained to the investigators that he had been paid by the victim to simulate a kidnapping and kidnapping: the sportsman would have asked him in particular to lock him in the trunk of a car.
Then, still in the perspective of a sexual game, the respondent would then have led Antoine Seguin to the forest of Plaisir.
He would then have hung the judoka to a tree with a rope and, while he would have slipped away for a moment to fetch, "
at the request of Antoine Seguin
“According to a source close to the investigation, cigarettes in the vehicle, he would have crossed another car and would have hidden for an hour.
On his return, he would have found the lifeless body of Antoine Seguin, rope around his neck but with his feet on the ground.
According to the same source, the latter died of asphyxiation.
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Questioned by the examining magistrate on Friday February 18, the respondent allegedly claimed to have picked up the athlete and tried to practice mouth-to-mouth and cardiac massage, in vain.
He would then have left the scene, before being found by the investigators.
The body of the 35-year-old athlete was discovered by a jogger on October 30, 2021. Disappeared on October 29, Antoine Seguin worked as a banker and was also president of the Suresnes judo club, in Hauts-de-Seine.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the lawyer for the mis en cause, Me Sarah Valderiez, did not wish to respond to our requests.