![Yannick Agnel, ancien champion olympique de natation, sera jugé pour des faits de viol et d’agression sexuelle sur la fille de son entraîneur, alors âgée de 13 ans en 2016. [STEPHANE KEMPINAIRE / KMSP via AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/93432328/c961f72ae6f04d5438c5fc5c717878c116307af9258512d82f002b993ee2121a)
Overview
- The decision confirms that the former Olympic swimmer will be tried for alleged offenses involving his coach’s daughter, who was 13 at the time in 2016.
- Defense lawyers have five days to seek a cassation review following the appeals ruling.
- Prosecutors say the alleged acts occurred between December 31, 2015 and August 31, 2016 in Mulhouse and on training trips abroad, including Thailand and Tenerife or Rio de Janeiro.
- Agnel has maintained the relationship was consensual and denies exerting control, while a former prosecutor said he acknowledged the material facts after custody and characterized the case as involving moral duress due to age difference.
- The swimmer has been under judicial supervision since December 2021 and faces up to twenty years in prison if convicted, while the complainant has since left competitive swimming.