French handball player Benoit Councoud in police custody for attempted rape in nightclub after European title

French handball player Benoit Cauncaud is suspected of attempted rape in a Parisian nightclub after the Blues’ Euro title. Drunk, the player was taken into custody.

French handball player Benoît Cauncoud was arrested Monday through Tuesday night as a suspect in the attempted rape of a young woman in a nightclub near the Champs-Élysées in Paris, RMC has learned, confirming the information. Current values.

This Tuesday, around 4:30 p.m., in a nightclub, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Élysées, the very recent European champion, 26, continues to celebrate his title in a nightclub. A dozen hours ago, the player was still under the gilding of the Elysée with all his teammates, which was received by Emmanuel Macron to celebrate the gold medal won by Germany during the Euros.

Sobering is placed in a cell

According to the first elements of the investigation, the player may have pulled down his pants and attempted to rape a young woman in this nightclub in the Champs-Élysées district. Alerted, a security guard at the establishment held him there until the arrival of Parisian night BAC police officers, who arrested him.

Benoît Councaud, who was drunk, was kept sober, then in police custody to be interrogated by investigators of the 1st Judicial Police District and to explain the facts that suspected him.