The man arrested is believed to be 32 years old and had worked as a sports instructor for around ten years at the club. Seven victims have been identified.
A coach of the football club in Saint-Maurice-l'Exil (Isère) was arrested and indicted on charges of rape and sexual assault on several minors, the Vienna prosecutor's office said on Monday.
The facts, revealed by young licensees from the club for which he was responsible, would have taken place between 2017 and 2024, prosecutor Olivier Rabot told AFP, confirming information from the Dauphiné Libéré.
“Identify other potential victims”
The man, who had no criminal record, was placed in pre-trial detention and charged with “rape by person in authority; rape of a minor aged 15; sexual assault by a person in authority; sexual assault on a minor aged 15; corruption of a minor under 15 years old; corruption of minorsdetailed the prosecutor. A judicial investigation was opened with the particular aim of “to identify other potential victims”he added.
-According to the Dauphiné Libéréwhich mentions seven identified victims, the man arrested is 32 years old and had worked as a sports instructor for around ten years in the club. His arrest followed a report from the mother of one of the children, who had discovered explicit messages of a sexual nature on her son's phone.
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