A former Haitian Minister of Youth and Sports is the target of a complaint for rape, transmitted Wednesday, May 11 to AFP, filed by one of his former students in the 80s when he was a teacher in a prestigious school. private.
The complaint for "
indecent assault consumed with violence and repeated rapes
", filed Tuesday in the court of Port-au-Prince, affirms that Evans Lescouflair, minister between 2008 and 2011, abused Claude-Alix Bertrand when he had 11 years old.
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Evans Lescouflair did not immediately respond to requests from AFP.
At the end of the lessons, Evans Lescouflair, who was a sports teacher, allegedly "
took advantage of (the complainant's) inability to defend himself and used psychological pressure and threats, (...) to force him to exposing his nudity to him, undressing, then attacking his modesty via sexual touching first, then finally raping him regularly
, ”specifies the six-page document.
The Saint-Louis de Gonzague institution, a private establishment for boys located in the heart of the capital Port-au-Prince, run by Catholic brothers, "
had quickly become for the little victim a place to avoid at all costs
", details the complaint.
Dismissed from school on medical recommendation, the victim, walled in silence, would have continued to suffer the crimes of his teacher who would have offered to the parents "
to help the student get out of trouble
".
At the teacher's home, Claude-Alix Bertrand would then have experienced "
both physical, sexual and moral abuse from Evans Lescouflair for almost two years
", according to the details recorded in the court document.
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Having become a goodwill ambassador for Unesco for the tourism and sports sector of Haiti, Claude-Alix Bertrand, who now lives in California, testified for the first time to this alleged violence during a videoconference broadcast live. online in March.
The Haitian Penal Code provides for life imprisonment for cases of rape of a minor under 15 years old.
Following the filing of this complaint, Evans Lescouflair is invited to appear at the Port-au-Prince prosecutor's office on Thursday.