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01/15 10:04 CST French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel to stand trial
on rape, sexual assault charges
French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel to stand trial on rape, sexual
assault charges
PARIS (AP) --- French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel will stand trial
on charges of rape and sexual assault over allegations involving the daughter
of his former coach, the prosecutor general's office in Colmar said Thursday.
The prosecutor general confirmed that the investigative chamber of the Colmar
appeals court ordered Agnel, 33, to be sent to the assize court in the
Haut-Rhin department.
The girl was 13 at the time of the alleged acts, according to the prosecutor
general's office, which said Agnel has 10 days to appeal to France's top court,
the Court of Cassation.
Agnel's legal representative did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Agnel won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics --- in the 200-meter
freestyle and the 4x100-meter freestyle relay --- and retired in 2016.
He was first arrested in December 2021 and at the time admitted to a
relationship with an underage girl but denied coercion.
