Almost a month after Hugo Auradou, who returned to the Top 14 with Stade Palois on October 5, Oscar Jegou in turn returned to competition on Saturday, with La Rochelle. The two players are still under investigation for “ violent gang rape » in Argentina, in the “Mendoza affair” during the tour of the XV of France this summer.
The third row, supported by his family, was warmly welcomed by the La Rochelle public at the Marcel-Deflandre stadium, who gave him a standing ovation. On the field side, a victory against Stade Français (35-14), a try and a full match.
A hearing postponed again
Four months after the affair, on the night of July 7 to 8, two after the return to France of the two players, the dismissal hearing which was to be held on July 1is November was postponed for the third time, without a date set, even though the complainant's appeal request was once again deemed inadmissible. It is this stretching deadline which pushed Stade Rochelais to field Jegou, even though it had initially decided to wait for an official decision to dismiss the case to authorize him to play again.
Released on August 12, they were authorized to return to France on September 4. On October 4, the Mendoza prosecutor's office requested that the charges against them be dropped, considering that “ the complainant's first version was weakened by various elements of evidence” and “the existence of notable contradictions, inconsistencies, gray areas, even insufficient explanations ».
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