End of custody of Yannick Agnel, presented to an examining magistrate

The custody of the former Olympic champion swimmer Yannick Agnel, accused of rape and sexual assault on a minor, ended this Saturday at midday and he was brought before an examining magistrate in Mulhouse, in the Haut -Rhine.

The 29-year-old former athlete, converted into e-sport and a consultant in various media, was arrested Thursday at his Paris home and taken to Mulhouse where he was taken into police custody for facts dating back to 2016. Celle -It ended this Saturday noon and Agnel, cap on her head and mask on her face, was taken from the police station to the nearby city court, journalists being kept away.

Several swimmers or former swimmers auditioned

The prosecutor of the Republic of Mulhouse had specified that a complaint had been filed last summer for facts dating back to “approximately 2016”. According to The team, “The investigation follows a complaint from a swimmer who trained with Agnel in Mulhouse between 2014 and 2016”. “Several swimmers or former swimmers have been auditioned in recent weeks,” added the sports daily.

After a year spent training in the United States in the wake of his Olympic titles in London in 2012, Yannick Agnel returned to France and took a license at Mulhouse Olympic Swimming (MON) in September 2014. He there was trained for two years under the leadership of Lionel Horter, until the Olympics-2016.

The MON is for its part indicted for “attempted fraud” for facts also dating back to 2016. The club, which in particular formed the current Minister of Sports Roxanna Maracineanu, was in dispute with several swimmers, including Yannick Agnel , who went to court to touch the 60,000 euros the club owed him for his last year of contract, according to France Inter.