Yannick Agnel accused of rape: his alleged victim would be the daughter of his former trainer

Yannick Agnel spent the night in police custody. This Thursday, December 9, the double Olympic champion was arrested in Paris and then placed in police custody in Mulhouse on the rogatory commission of the examining magistrate as part of an open judicial investigation for rape of a minor. A judicial investigation was opened for “rape and sexual assault on a minor of 15 years”, facts punishable by 20 years of criminal imprisonment. According to information from The team, the investigation follows a complaint from a swimmer who trained with Yannick Agnel in Mulhouse between 2014 and 2016. According to the Parisian, the alleged victim of the former swimmer would be the daughter of his ex-coach at Mulhouse Olympic Natation, Lionel Horter. She would have filed a complaint this summer for facts dating back several years, when she was 13 years old and she was training in the same place.

According to L’Equipe, Yannick Agnel was hosted by the family for a while, in 2016. According to the sports daily, “Some people in the swimming industry had known for several months of the existence of a complaint, and many former swimmers have been heard by investigators in recent weeks”. The swimmer, double gold medalist at the London Olympics, left the Mulhouse club in the summer of 2016, after the Rio Olympics on very bad terms. Since he retired, Yannick Agnel has been in conflict with the leaders from whom he is claiming 60,000 euros in unpaid bonuses for his last year of contract. An amount contested by the club, condemned at first instance. The team claims that this sum has still not been paid and that the club have appealed. According to the daily, the appeal trial is scheduled for next March.

Yannick Agnel: his collaboration with franceinfo suspended

Since he left the pools, the swimmer had become a consultant on France Televisions, where he had also commented on the last Olympics, in Tokyo but is no longer under contract with the group. A few hours after the announcement of the custody of the former glory of French swimming, France Info announced the suspension of its collaboration with Yannick Agnel, “due to the ongoing legal proceedings” And this “until the conclusions of the investigation”. On his antennas, he hosted a podcast devoted to esport. Double Olympic champion in 2012 (over 200 meters and 4×100 meters freestyle) and double 2013 world champion, Yannick Agnel retired in 2016 after the Olympic Games in Rio, at just 24 years old.

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