Justice – The lawyers of the two rugby players had requested a dismissal of the case
Lawyers for the plaintiff in the case of two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape in Argentina filed a request on Monday to disqualify the two prosecutors in charge of the investigation for, according to them, “lack of objectivity.”
The request for “formal recusal” was filed with the judicial center in Mendoza (west), Mauricio Cardello told journalists, while a decision on whether or not Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou should be authorized to leave Argentina was expected in the next few days.
Lawyers for the two French internationals had asked the courts on Friday to lift the ban on the two players leaving the country, who are free but awaiting the examination of a request for dismissal, judicial sources said. A decision by the prosecution “on the request to leave the country should be made on Monday or Tuesday,” Martin Ahumada, spokesman for the provincial justice system in Mendoza (west), told journalists.
They “judge instead of investigating”
Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, two 21-year-old internationals, are charged with aggravated rape because they were in a group. The alleged acts allegedly occurred on the night of July 6 to 7 in a hotel room in Mendoza, where the French XV had just won a test match against Argentina. The two players claim that the relationship(…) - 20minutes
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