Éric Olhats, former adviser to Antoine Griezmann and recruiter, was placed in police custody at the Bayonne police station on Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault on a minor, the prosecution said Thursday, confirming information from the Actu Pays Basque site. The alleged facts date back to the 1990s and early 2000s.
Éric Olhats, former adviser to Antoine Griezmann and recruiter, was placed in police custody at the Bayonne police station (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) on Wednesday for suspicion of sexual assault on a minor, the prosecution said on Thursday, confirming information from the site. Basque Country News. The alleged facts, which date back to the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, when Eric Olhats was a youth coach at the Aviron Bayonnais football club, “are highly disputed”, the public prosecutor told AFP. Republic of Bayonne Jérôme Bourrier.
Eric Olhats and Antoine Griezmann are no longer in contact
The victim would be a player, minor at the time of the facts. A rape complaint was filed in August 2021. The police custody of Éric Olhats, 59, arrested on Wednesday, was extended on Thursday, according to the prosecution. The investigation is being carried out by the judicial police.
Éric Olhats is known to have detected Antoine Griezmann, when he was a recruiter at Real Sociedad, the club of San Sebastian (Spain), and that the young 14-year-old player had been rejected by the training centers of French clubs. due to a size deemed too small. He was then the sports adviser to the French international. In November 2020, Griezmann (104 caps), who is currently playing at Atletico Madrid, however assured that he “hasn’t spoken (to him) for three years”.