The prosecution of Saumur (Maine-et-Loire) has closed a complaint for sexual assault on a minor targeting the world champion in equestrian aerobatics Jacques Ferrari, we learned Tuesday from corroborating sources.
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The complaint was closed for insufficiently characterized offense
," Saumur prosecutor Alexandra Verron told AFP.
Heard again in June by investigators, the complainant "
was less affirmative,
" said the magistrate.
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What she called sexual assault, after all, was not.
And minor corruption was not characterized,
”she added.
The complaint was filed on December 31, 2018 in Haute-Savoie by the parents of a former student of Mr. Ferrari.
This complaint was then transmitted to the Saumur prosecutor's office.
Mr Ferrari, who had had a relationship with the complainant's older sister, has always denied offering or making any such gesture to the younger sister.
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The police heard the young girl again in June and she told them that she had gone too far in her statements and in her description of the facts,
" Olivier Rolland, lawyer for Mr. Ferrari, told AFP. announced the filing of a complaint for slanderous denunciation. European Champion in 2013 and World Champion in 2014, the 33-year-old athlete was suspended from his duties as coach and educator on behalf of the French Federation and within the Noroc team he had based, by decision of the prefect of Maine-et-Loire.
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He was suspended from everything, he lost everything for three years.
He had no income and today has nothing to do with the world of equestrian aerobatics
, ”pointed out Me Rolland.
Appeals are underway before the administrative justice to obtain compensation for the damage suffered by Mr. Ferrari, according to the lawyer.