Complaints for sexual assault, filed by supporters of Lens and Lille following security searches at the Le Havre stadium in the fall of 2023, were dismissed, announced Tuesday, February 20, the public prosecutor from the Normandy town, Bruno Dieudonné, to Agence France-Presse.
Submitted in particular after the Ligue 1 matches of Le Havre against Lille on 1er October and against Lens on October 20, these complaints were closed “for insufficiently characterized offenses”specified Mr. Dieudonné.
The complainants, who targeted the same security guard, had reported searches “felt as invasive, evoking touching of the chest and genitals”but we will have to “demonstrate sexual assault, and in particular an intentional element”estimated the magistrate in November to AFP.
The Le Havre club then explained that the pat-down is carried out by its agents, but that it is “carried out in the presence of Lensois stewards [ce sont les clubs visiteurs qui gèrent le parcage des visiteurs, même si ce sont les locaux qui réalisent le contrôle des billets et les palpations] and police officers »And “that no comments were reported” on the excavations.