It’s a return that should have happened much earlier, but since the French XV’s summer tour of South America, Hugo Auradou’s life has taken an unexpected turn. Alongside his teammate Oscar Jégou in the Blues, the 21-year-old rugby player was indicted in Argentina for aggravated rape. A case that began in early July and which has caused a lot of ink to flow. Held for a long time near Mendoza in a house where he was under surveillance, the man whose father spoke for the first time and shared his innermost conviction about the affair was able to return to France a few days ago.
As his lawyer Antoine Vey recently confided, it seems that we are heading towards a dismissal in this case and the representative of the two men seems very confident. “We hope that the dismissal will be issued before the end of the month. I can’t say whether it will be in fifteen or twenty days.”he said, before reacting to the fact that 15 injuries were revealed on the complainant when she filed the complaint. “There are no injuries, there are marks.” Having returned to France with Oscar Jégou, the native of Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine) was able to return to his club, Section paloise, where he has been playing since 2020. The second row, whose father was an important player for the French XV, was thus able to perform his very first collective training with his teammates, this Wednesday, September 18.
“A welcome and positive return,” according to his coach
A return inevitably scrutinized by the media and awaited by an entire club and visibly, things went well. “It was integrated as agreed. on his recovery plan. He did a week of athletic recovery, of testing. And on this second week, he is partly returning to collective training”says the defense coach of the Béarn team, Antoine Nicoud, to The Midi Dispatchbefore adding: “He has recast in the mold very naturally. He is very comfortable in rugby, but I am not telling you anything new. For the moment, it is an appreciated and positive return from Hugo.”
Despite his return to training, the legal case surrounding Hugo Auradou is not over. After the comments of Maria, the alleged victim, who broke her silence and responded to those who accuse her of lying, the Argentine justice system has yet to decide whether or not to dismiss the case.
