Once accused of attempted rape, the international right winger was indicted for sexual exhibition.
Benoît Kounkoud was sentenced to a fine of 4,100 euros for sexual exhibition, with exclusion of the entry in his criminal record, during a guilty plea hearing on Monday at the Paris court, AFP learned from a judicial Source. The right winger was initially accused of attempted rape at the end of January in Paris but the investigation only established a sexual exhibition, which he admitted, which led him to be summoned to appear in court. prior recognition of guilt (CRPC), a sort of French-style guilty plea.
“He reserves the right to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation”, his lawyer, Me Mario Stasi, told AFP. Kounkoud was placed in police custody for a few hours on January 31, three days after being crowned European champion with the French handball team in Cologne (Germany).
A 20-year-old woman accused him of trying to rape her “during an alcoholic evening in a nightclub in the 8th arrondissement” of Paris on the evening of January 30, the Paris prosecutor’s office reported at the time. The 27-year-old right winger, who plays for the Polish club Kielce, disputed the facts.
He is included in the extended group selected Monday, before his conviction, by the coach of the French team Guillaume Gille to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games. The French Handball Federation announced in mid-April that it would “promptly initiate disciplinary proceedings as well as a request for position from the ethics commission” against Kounkoud.
