Jean-Yves Prigent, kayaking figure in France, in police custody for rape and sexual assault

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Recognized personality in French kayakingJean-Yves Prigent is today brought to justice. Already convicted last July for sexual assault, the 70-year-old man is currently placed in police custody in Rennes for new facts of sexual assault, but also rape and sexual harassmentindicates tonews RennesFrédéric Teillet, Rennes prosecutor, confirming West France et The Parisian.

He is accused of the facts concerning three victims:

• Sexual assaults on minors over 15 years old (made from 2005 to 2008), in Rennes and Cesson-Sévigné.
• Sexual harassment (made from 2013 to 2018), in Rennes and Cession-Sévigné.
• Rape by person in authority, in Rennes, Vaires (77), Bourg Saint Maurice (73) and Prague (facts in 2023 and 2024).

Already sentenced to four years in prison

On July 12, the Rennes criminal court sentenced the emblematic coach of the kayaking world to four years of imprisonment, one year of which is closed, according to Orléans news.

He was convicted of the sexual assault of two 15 year olds whom he supervised during a competition at Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (Expensive) in Centre-Val de Loire, in mars 2024.

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