The father of judoka Barbara Matic, gold medalist in the under 70 kg category, is accused of forcibly kissing a volunteer on Wednesday.
Published on 01/08/2024 20:11 Updated on 01/08/2024 21:03
Reading time: 1 min Police officers patrol during a football match in Saint-Etienne, as part of the Paris Olympic Games, on July 27, 2024. (R?MY PERRIN / MAXPPP)
The father of Croatian judoka Barbara Matic was taken into custody for sexual assault on Thursday, August 1, in Paris, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced to AFP, confirming information from the Parisian. An Olympic volunteer “reports being forced to give him a kiss without his consent by the father of a judo champion just after his daughter’s victory”the prosecution said, based on the complaint filed by the victim.
The events took place on Wednesday at the Arena Champ-de-Mars, while the judoka, according to The Parisianhad just won the quarter-final of his event. The man was summoned to a voluntary hearing on Thursday morning, then was taken into custody. The investigation was entrusted to the police station of the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Barbara Matic won the gold medal in the under 70 kg category.
2024-08-01 20:26:31
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