Eric Olhats is accused of “sexual attacks on minors” and “detention of pornographic images of minors”, announced the Bayonne prosecution. It was placed in pre -trial detention.
Le Monde with AFP
He is known for detecting Antoine Griezmann. Eric Olhats, former advisor and recruiter of the world champion player, was indicted Thursday evening May 12 for “sexual attacks on minors” and “detention of pornographic images of minors”, announced the Bayonne prosecutor’s office a statement. He was placed in pre -trial detention.
According to the prosecution, the facts dates back to the years 1998 and 1999, when Eric Olhats was coach of young people in the football section of the Bayonnais Omnisports club. The victims would be “three of the former students”, then under the age of 15.
At the end of his police custody started on Wednesday, Eric Olhats, 59, was “indicted of the chief of sexual attacks on minors under the age of fifteen by person who abused the authority that he Confers his function and also the head of detention of pornographic images of minors, “detailed the deputy public prosecutor Marc married in his press release. He faces “a 10 -year prison sentence” according to the prosecution. The former recruiter was placed in pre -trial detention.
A survey started in 2019
The survey started in 2019, after the reception by the Bayonne prosecution of an anonymous letter which reported “displaced gestures with regard to young players”. She has since been carried out by the judicial police. Three alleged victims filed a complaint.
Eric Olhats had detected Antoine Griezmann, while he was a recruiter at Real Sociedad, the Basque club of Saint-Sébastien (Spain), and the young 14-year-old had been failed by club training centers French due to a size deemed too small. He was then the sports advisor of the French international until 2016.
In November 2020, Griezmann (104 selections), which is currently evolving at Atletico de Madrid, assured, however, that he “did not speak for three years”.