Indicted for rapes and sexual harassment, the president of the Club de l’Arc de Ville-sous-la-Ferté (Aube) has been placed in pre-trial detention since the end of August. This September 11, he asked for his release under judicial supervision before the Reims Court of Appeal (Marne).
In the Box of the Reims Court of Appeal (Marne), Jean-Luc Lefèvre drops his head. The recall of the facts by the president is overwhelming. The old man wipes a few tears. Incarcerated in pre-trial detention since August 27, the one who was president of the City-sous-la-Ferté Arc club (Aube) is indicted for three rapes, sexual assaults and sexual harassment on minors. The victims: his daughter, his two daughters-in-law and a young member of the club.
Thursday, September 11, his lawyer requests the lifting of his pre -trial detention and his release under judicial supervision pending the end of the investigation. Jean-Luc Lefèvre, aged 70 and who, at this stage, remains presumed innocent, refutes the accusations of rape, supposedly committed in 2007. “It’s been 18 years old “, argues his lawyer Maître Pierrot,”His daughter and daughters are today major, they no longer live in the family home so there is no longer any risk of pressure on them“.
The indictment, however, recognizes more recent sexual harassment facts. The septuagenarian would have sent 572 SMS to one of the complainants. Explicit messages, according to the public prosecutor, dotted with sexual proposals and requests of bare photos. The lawyer for the former sports coach refutes: “My client is not the new Michel Fourniret !, he exclaims. A judicial control may be enough, with obligation of care for its alcohol problems, yes “.
The public prosecutor, for his part, requests keeping in detention. The decision is expected at the end of the day.
