French handball player Benoît Kounkoud was arrested during the night from Monday to Tuesday, suspected of attempted rape in a nightclub in the 8th arrondissement, according to information from Valeurs Actuelles that we are able to confirm.
Drunk, he was taken into custody.
Around 4:30 a.m., the newly crowned European champion continued the festivities in a nightclub in the Champs-Élysées district.
According to the first elements of the investigation, it is in this night establishment that Benoît Kounkoud would have pulled down his pants and attempted to rape a young woman, report our colleagues from RMC.
Alerted to the situation, a security guard then kept the player there until the arrival of the BAC night police officers.
Reception at the Élysée Monday afternoon
The 26-year-old player, who usually plays as a right winger for the Polish club KS Kielce, was then placed in a sobering-up cell and then in police custody, so that he could be questioned by investigators from the 1st judicial police district.
The day after their victory obtained during the German Euro, the fourth in their history, the French handball players returned to France on Monday, where they were welcomed as heroes.
The day before his arrest, the former PSG player paraded under the gilded Elysée in the company of his teammates, received by Emmanuel Macron to celebrate their continental coronation.