A coach of a basketball team in the Bas-Rhin was indicted and remanded in custody on Friday for rape and sexual assault on two underage players over 15 years old.
A judicial investigation was opened by the Strasbourg prosecutor's office and the thirty-something was indicted for rape and sexual assault by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function.
The suspect was training a women's team from a town west of Strasbourg, Duttlenheim, playing in a regional league.
According to the Latest News from Alsace (DNA), the club "immediately as a precautionary principle dismissed this coach" and plans to set up a psychological unit.
The investigation is continuing to identify possible other victims.
For a year, nearly 445 people have been implicated to date via reports sent to the unit dedicated to sexual violence in sport.
This cell was set up last winter after the revelations of the skater Sarah Abitbol, who told, in a book, how she was raped by her trainer between 15 and 17 years old, in the early 1990s. balance sheet was established this Friday, April 2.
48 sports federations would be affected.
