Sarah Abitbol heard by investigators. According to our information, confirmed by a judicial source, the former skater who accuses her former trainer Gilles Beyer of rape, was interviewed Monday February 17 by the police of the brigade of protection of minors of the regional direction of the judicial police of Paris .
This is one of the first stages of the investigation into rape of minors and sexual assault on minors by a person having authority over the victim opened by the prosecution earlier this month. If the facts of which she accuses her former coach date back to the early 1990s, are time-barred and she did not wish to file a complaint, her hearing by the police is part of the classic framework of this type of investigation. Beyond the case of Abitbol, the investigations must make it possible to find possible more recent facts and likely to fall under the blow of the law.
Gilles Beyer not yet heard
The shocking revelations of the ex-athlete, revealed in the book “Un si long silence” (Plon) and in the columns of the Obs, shook French sport and caused the resignation of the president of the French Sports Federation ice (FFSG), Didier Gailhaguet. The latter is accused of having covered Gilles Beyer.
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At the end of January, Gilles Beyer acknowledged "inappropriate relations" with Sarah Abitbol. The trainer, who was still part of the Paris club of the Flying French at the start of the year, has been at the disposal of the courts ever since. According to our information, his hearing by the investigators is not yet scheduled.