15 months suspended prison sentence required against Ratu Nacika (Dax), accused of sexual assault and violence

At the beginning of November, two Fijian players from US Dax were taken into police custody for “violence under the influence of alcohol”accompanied by“sexual assault” for one. They appeared this Thursday immediately before the Dax court, four people (a bar manager, two waitresses and a customer) had filed civil suits. One of the two players, Ratu Nacika (29 years old), was accused of sexual assault, “committed on two victims, waitresses in two different establishments”in a state of obvious intoxication, “accompanied by violence against a customer and damage to the door of one of the bars”had specified the prosecutor of Dax, Benoît Fontaine.

This Thursday, Ratu Nacika declared in court that he had no memory of what happened, while being ““Sorry for everything that happened.” reports France 3 New Aquitaine . The prosecutor requested 15 months in prison with suspended probation and a ban on contact with the victims. The Dacquois player should also follow an awareness course on sexual assault against women.

The two waitresses demanded 1,000 euros for legal costs, plus a symbolic euro for one of them. The customer who was hit requests, for his part, 500 euros for moral damage. The other player involved, Jope Naseaara (27 years old), is being prosecuted for violence committed “on the manager of a bar and a customer of this establishment”. He will be presented before the same court on May 5, 2025. “They were totally out of control. said witnesses present this Thursday in court.