Famous French swimmer, two-time Olympic champion Yannick Agnès will stand trial for the rape of a minor after losing his appeal in a court in Colmar, Lemonde reports. Previously, the European champion from Russia was sentenced to five years for the rape of an 18-year-old girl.
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The investigation found that there was enough evidence of the athlete's guilt, who is now 33 years old, to hold him criminally liable for the 2016 rape and sexual assault of his coach's daughter, Naome Horter, who was 13 years old at the time.
Agnès has 10 days to appeal to France's highest court, the Court of Cassation.
The famous athlete was reportedly first arrested in December 2021. At that time, he admitted to having sex with a minor but denied any violence. According to the victim, who is now 23, the crimes were committed between January 1 and August 31 in France, Spain, Thailand and Rio de Janeiro, where the 2016 Olympic Games were held.
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Naome Horter is now an adult
Yannick Agnèle had a brilliant performance at the 2012 London Olympics, winning gold in the 200m freestyle and the 4x100m freestyle relay. He qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics to defend his 200m freestyle title, but failed to qualify for the heats and announced his retirement shortly thereafter.
By the way, in 2021, France passed a law that qualifies sexual relations with a child under 15 years of age as rape and punishes it with imprisonment for a term of up to 20 years.
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Previously, “FACTS” reported that a figure skater from Russia was disqualified for life for sexual harassment.
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