JUSTICE – Adjourned in June due to the absence of one of the defendants, the trial for rape by former Grenoble players begins this Monday before the Assises de Gironde
It is a sordid affair of alcohol and rape in Rugby that will be the subject of justice in the days to come. Five ex-rugby players from Grenoble appear from Monday afternoon before the Gironde Assize Court, accused of having raped a young woman or of having witnessed the attack without intervening, after a “third half -temps” alcoholic in Bordeaux in 2017.
The trial, scheduled until December 13, was initially scheduled to be held in June, behind closed doors, but was postponed in the absence of a defendant, Irishman Denis Coulson, injured in a serious car accident a few days later. early. The former pillar, aged 30, is being prosecuted for gang rape with New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, and Frenchman Loïck Jammes, 30. The Irishman Chris Farrell (31 years old) and the New Zealander Dylan Hayes (40 years old) answer for failure to prevent a crime.
Alcohol, crutches and nightclubs
On March 12, 2017, V., 20, left in tears a hotel in Mérignac, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, where the Grenoble team had spent the night after a Top 14 match lost against UBB. The student finally filed a complaint, declaring that she had met FCG players in a bar and followed them to a nightclub, (…) Read more on 20minutes
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