The Argentine prosecutor’s office in Mendoza has recommended the return to France of Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, the two rugby players from the French national team accused of rape in Argentina for almost two months, it announced on Monday, September 2. The prosecutor’s office “authorized the exit from the country, so that they could travel to France”but their exit “concrete and effective” remains pending a hearing to be held on Tuesday, during which a judge of detentions and liberties is to rule, Martin Ahumada, spokesman for the provincial justice system, told journalists.
Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, both 21, are charged with aggravated gang rape on the night of 6 to 7 July against a 39-year-old Argentinian woman in a hotel room in Mendoza – 1,000 kilometres from the capital, Buenos Aires – where the French XV had just played a test match against Argentina.
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The alleged victim, who met the players at a nightclub and followed one of them to the hotel, says she was raped and assaulted in their room. The defendants acknowledge sexual intercourse, but say it was consensual and deny any violence.
The two players from the French XV were imprisoned after their arrest on July 8, 2024, then placed under house arrest on August 17 in Mendoza. Considering that the “sufficient evidence has not been gathered” To justify keeping the French rugby players under house arrest, the Mendoza province prosecutor’s office decided to release them on Monday 12 August, while placing them under judicial supervision, requiring them to remain in Argentina while the investigation continues.
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