Auradou-Jougou case: Argentine justice confirms the dismissal on appeal

Argentine justice confirms the abandonment of prosecution against Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, we learned from a judicial source. The Mendoza Court of Appeal rejected on Tuesday rejected the appeal of the complainant, who accuses the two rugby players of having raped her this summer during the summer tour of the XV of France in South America, against the no -Lieu pronounced in December by judge Eleonora Arenas.

“I hope it is now definitively the epilogue of this judicial phase,” underlines to the Parisian-today in France, Me Antoine Vey, lawyer for the two players. This decision confirmed that they were innocent. It is not a decision for the benefit of doubt, it is motivated. Players benefit from a final dismissal, they can no longer be prosecuted by Argentine justice. »

“In law, the case is definitively closed”

“The accuser can always try to seize the Pan -American Court, and the media networks, but in law, the case is definitively closed. We cannot hope for a advice decision contrary when we bring any new element, Cingle Antoine Vey. I hope they can now find a personal balance and that their image will no longer be troubled. Let us stop waving this case as if it was the mark of dishonor. »»

Incarcerated and indicted in Argentina in July after the first game of the Blues in Mendoza, the two 21 -year -old men were allowed to return to France in September. Hugo Auradoud and Oscar Jegou then took over this fall competition, respectively with Pau and La Rochelle.

If the French Rugby Federation had recalled that the two men could not be summoned to the French team as long as they were indicted, they returned to the XV of France during the Six Nations Tournament . The second line and third line were replacement during the victory against Wales (43-0) at the end of January and during the defeat (26-25) in England ten days ago. They appear in the group selected to prepare for the trip to Italy this Sunday.