Jean Gachassin is in turmoil. The former president of the French Tennis Federation, who officiated between 2009 and 2017, is currently under investigation for acts of sexual assault opened by the prosecution of Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), revealed our colleagues of the Team. The former rugby player, nicknamed “Peter Pan” because of his size and his liveliness, would have “attempted to forcibly kiss a young woman as part of the general assembly of the Occitanie Rugby League which took place last weekend in Bagnères-de-Bigorre”.
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The alleged victim, a technical executive, would have very quickly filed a complaint after the fact. The Tarbes public prosecutor confirmed that an investigation had been opened with the sports daily. “An investigation is opened in this sense, on the count of sexual assault, against Mr. Jean Gachassin. The investigations are managed by the research brigade (BR) of the gendarmerie of Bagnères-de-Bigorre”explained the prosecution to our colleagues from the Team. The prosecutor of Tarbes Pierre Aurignac specified to
