Former coach of tennis player Fiona Ferro indicted for “rapes” and “sexual assault”

She had filed a complaint on February 25 at the police station of Fréjus for alleged facts of rapes and sexual assaults committed from 2012 to 2015, when she was aged 15 to 18.

Le Monde with AFP

Pierre Bouteyre, former coach of the tennis player Fiona Ferro, was indicted on August 19 for “rapes” and “sexual assault” after a complaint filed by the young woman in February, we learned , Wednesday August 31, of judicial source.

Fiona Ferro, 259 in the world player, had filed a complaint on February 25 at the police station of Fréjus (Var) for alleged facts of rapes and sexual assaults committed from 2012 to 2015, when she was elderly From 15 to 18 years old, told the France-Presse (AFP) agency (AFP) its lawyer, M e Isabelle Colombani.

On August 18, Mr. Bouteyre, 50, was indicted for “rapes committed on minor by a person who authorized the victim” and “sexual assault on minor over 15 years by a person with authority On the victim “, detailed with AFP Patrice Camberou, public prosecutor of Draguignan, confirming daily information Nice-Matin .

“A love story according to him”

The coach and former player was placed under judicial supervision with prohibition to come into contact with Fiona Ferro and to lead to minors, with the obligation to submit to psychological care, said the prosecutor.

m. Bottle, who was also the coach of Niçoise Alizé Cornet, “recognizes the materiality of the relationship but denies any constraint, it was a love story according to him,” said his lawyer, M e Virginie Pin, attached by AFP.

Fiona Ferro, 25, professional player since 2012, had reached 39 in the world in March 2021. The French was eliminated on August 24 during the qualifications for the US Open.

m. Bouteyre “was the private coach of Fiona Ferro,” said the lawyer’s lawyer. “He accompanied him during the tournaments which were often taking place abroad,” added M e Colombani, who was also the lawyer for two victims of another tennis coach, Régis de Camaret, sentenced in 2014 on appeal to ten years in prison for rapes on minors by the Assize Court of Var.

/Media reports.