Wilfried Happio has been in custody since Tuesday morning in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
A complaint for sexual assault has been filed against the runner, vice-champion of Europe in the 400m hurdles in Munich (Germany) this year, for acts of sexual assault which would have been committed on another athlete resident of INSEP, triple jump specialist.
The facts she denounces date back to October 2021. After an appointment with one of their sponsors, several athletes – including Wilfried Happio and the young girl – went to the Insep balneotherapy.
According to the triple jumper, the 400-meter hurdles runner would have been in a hurry.
According to our information, the 24-year-old athlete will be confronted with his victim during the day.
Great hope of tricolor athletics, Wilfried Happio was then attacked on June 25, 2022 by the brother of the alleged victim in whom she had confided, twenty minutes before the start of the 400m hurdles during the French Championships in Caen (Calvados ).
The altercation takes place on the warm-up track 500 meters from the Hélitas stadium.
Seeing Wilfried Happio on the warm-up ground, the brother of the alleged victim allegedly “freaked out” by punching him violently in the face.
After this incident, Happio then competes with a crooked black headband hiding a bandage over his left eye and takes first place by achieving his personal best.
This summer,
In early December, Insep was not sanctioned following the institute's internal investigation.
The National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (Insep), which opened an internal investigation in June for "inappropriate gestures", decided not to sanction Wilfried Happio.
"The facts could not be materially established," the athlete's lawyer Me Anthony Mottais told AFP, citing the decision.
