Once again, football and the sport as a whole are affected by a sordid case of sexual assault on minors.
This Thursday, RTL radio reveals the case of Abdelaziz B., a 50-year-old man who presented himself as a "players' agent" to attract young men to his home, some of whom described sexual assaults they suffered. .
The investigation into Abdelaziz B., which started in 2019 following the report of the older brother of one of these players, then aged 16, to the police, reveals a similar modus operandi for many victims and a sprawling network woven by the accused.
“Abdelaziz B. presented himself to them as a player's agent, or sometimes as a recruiter for professional clubs, writes RTL.
In some cases, he highlighted the fact that he had brought out several professional players.
Abdelaziz B. invited them to his home in Bagneux for muscle strengthening sessions (...) and some described acts of sexual assault that occurred during massages.
“Aggressions that could go, in some cases, to oral sex.
17 victims including a young adult,
“14,000 messages with nearly 400 young footballers from the Paris region”
Placed in police custody following these accusations in 2019, Abdelaziz B. denies the facts, but the analysis of the fifty-year-old's mobile phone reveals a colossal network of young men with whom he had contact.
These are "more than 14,000 messages with nearly 400 young footballers from the Paris region" which were exchanged, and "more than 2,500 meetings" in his diary.
Already sentenced in 2014 to 12 months in prison (including 9 suspended) "for similar acts of sexual assault on minors", with an identical modus operandi, Abdelaziz B. "had no diploma or contract that could attest to his role as a 'agent or recruiter', reveals the survey.
“In November 2022, he was sent back to the Assize Court of Nanterre for sexual assaults on minors and rape on minors”, writes RTL, which specifies that the man is currently in pre-trial detention.
