French national rugby player Oscar Jegou, centre, is escorted by Argentinian Federal Police, as he leaves the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires for the city of Mendoza, prior to an experts’ report in the case of rape, on July 11, 2024. Two players of the French national rugby team are waiting to be questioned by prosecutors in Argentina about claims that they sexually assaulted a woman in an encounter the pair claims was consensual. Natacha Romano, the lawyer of the Argentinian woman who has accused the two French international rugby players of rape, said her client was savagely beaten and locked in a hotel room. (STRINGER / AFP)
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