one of the rugby players accused of gang rape victim of a car accident?

This Monday, June 17, in Bordeaux, the trial of rugby players accused of gang rape begins, but one of the accused was allegedly the victim of a car accident. As a reminder, this Monday the trial opens before the Assize Court of Gironde for the gang rape of a Bordeaux student, in March 2017. But one of the accused, namely Denis Coulson, could be absent at the opening of this trial and a dismissal could be pronounced, as explained by 20 Minutes.

An absent accused?

Denis Coulson, one of the three main defendants, was allegedly the victim of a road accident on June 12 in his country and his condition would not allow him to appear at trial, which is why a referral request could be filed by his advice. Coulson’s presence is more than important, given that he is the player with whom the victim took the taxi from a Bordeaux nightclub to reach the hotel in which the Grenoble team, to which the team then belongs, is staying. right pillar. He is also the one who films, in her bedroom, the scene where she has sexual relations with several partners and during which objects are used. Denis Coulson, Loïck Jammes and Rory Grice admitted to having had sexual relations with the young woman but assured that they were consensual. But the Irishman was the victim of a road accident on June 12 in his country, as Sud-Ouest informs, and his condition would not allow him to appear. Suffice to say that his presence is more than uncertain at the trial and that we will have to follow it closely…