Four women aged 18 to 35 filed a complaint. One of them was minor at the time of the facts.
Le Monde with AFP
The French rider Edouard Mathé was indicted for rape, sexual attacks and harassment, on January 14, and placed under judicial review learned the France-Presse agency, Sunday, January 23, with the prosecutor’s office. The Sunday log had revealed this business a few hours earlier.
In total, four women, aged 18, 23, 27 and 35, filed a complaint. One of them was minor at the time of the facts. The young woman was his student and his employee until June 2021.
Arrival in 2020 when she was 16 years old in the stable, she filed a complaint in November for “sexual attacks over minor over 15 years per person with authority and harassment”, according to his lawyer Nathalie Tomasini. The hearing will take place on Friday, January 28, according to the lawyer. But the rider “continues today to train and is still in contact with young girls, it’s very serious,” explains the lawyer.
Edouard Mathé, 40 years old and Technical Director of Tenderapital Stables, acknowledges having maintained sex with the complainants but disputes the lack of consent, according to the prosecution, who entrusted the investigation into the section research of yvelines.
Forbidden by the French Riding Federation to participate in competitions after threat complaints, Edouard Mathé appealed this decision.