Parthenay | Paralympic athlete convicted of corruption of minor
He takes a 14-year-old schoolgirl to a hotel
A Paralympic athlete from La Manche was convicted of corruption of a minor by the Deux-Sèvres judicial court this Thursday, October 22, 2026. The gendarmes arrested him when he tried to take a schoolgirl under the age of 15 to a hotel.
A turning point in the defendant's life occurred this Thursday, October 22, 2026. The vice nourished by his contradictions gradually tightened. A athlete, figure of disabled sport in The Channel and one time candidate to carry the Olympic flame, appeared at the judicial court of Deux-Sèvres this Thursday, for corruption of minors.
The gendarmes of the company Parthenay arrested him on Friday April 12, 2024 in a hotel in downtown Parthenay. The day before, the man, then 36, had tried to take a fragile schoolgirl 14 years old in a room of the said hotel in order to have a sexual intercourse.
She managed to escape thanks to the intervention of the receptionist, who called the police and undoubtedly avoided serious events, as the president pointed out.
To the receptionist and those around him, the athlete had lied about the age and identity of his only virtual friend with whom he was chatting via the social network Discord. His cell phone contained a masturbation video of the teenager. He also forced her to watch a pornographic video.
The athlete had, moreover, presented himself at the teenager's Parthenais school, with his hat as a self-proclaimed speaker committed against harassment.
«I didn’t want to believe it.».
In the exchanges read by the court, the defendant proposed
«to bring the morning after pill to Parthenay and take responsibility for their future children.”
In response, from April 3, 2024, the teenager unequivocally repeated that she was a minor, and had not yet been paid to go to class.
“I didn't hide the messages. But I didn't want to believe it. There was euphoria that a woman was beyond my disability. She looked older than 14. I had no unhealthy intentions. I'm not attracted to minors.”
Swore the athlete driven by a desire to overcome the social exclusion of which disabled people are still victims. And therefore concerned with saving the credibility that he had built in the department of La Manche where the local press has already mentioned his sporting performances and his investment in minors and National Education.
“I don’t want to hurt anyone. Trust me,”
The defendant took refuge again after an embarrassing silence, when he felt trapped by Me Pauline Bossant, lawyer for the young victim.
She asked him: «If you were not aware of her minority, why did you ask her to introduce herself as your sister? ».
The magistrates of the seat added a layer:
“And why did you want to go to a hotel with her then if it wasn’t for sex?”
New awkward silence in the room.
The moment of truth finally came thanks to the defense lawyer, Me Stéphanie Bremaud
”This trial is an important moment for the civil parties. Why did you want to go to this hotel room?”
“To make love” the athlete ended up saying, in tears.
His “credibility” so difficult to build, his “world” collapsed this Thursday, October 22, 2026. His 38th birthday.
The court sentenced him to socio-judicial monitoring five years old, with obligation to seek treatment, ban on coming into contact with the victim, to appear at his home and’carry out any activity with minors. The culprit is also registered in the Judicial file of offenders sexual.