French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel faces rape investigation
- Agnel, who won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, was placed under investigation on Saturday on suspicion of ‘rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor’
- Agnel was arrested on Thursday in Paris and taken into police custody in Mulhouse in eastern France
French swimmer Yannick Agnel, who won two gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, was placed under investigation on Saturday on suspicion of “rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor”, the Mulhouse prosecutor’s office told Agence France-Presse.
The 29-year-old was also placed under judicial supervision, said the French city’s public prosecutor, Edwige Roux-Morizot.
Agnel had been arrested on Thursday in Paris and taken into police custody in Mulhouse in eastern France.
The prosecutor said a complaint had been filed for incidents “around 2016” including the “rape and sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor”.
According to French media, “the investigation would follow a complaint from a swimmer who trained with Agnel in Mulhouse between 2014 and 2016.
Angel, at the time a reigning Olympic champion, joined the Mulhouse swimming club (MON) in 2014 and trained there for two years.
“Several swimmers or former swimmers have been interviewed in recent weeks,” sports daily L’Equipe reported.