Four days after the revelations published by 20 minutes of the opening of a judicial investigation for “rape of a minor” against a former basketball coach of the hope center of Caen, the current club of this indicted coach reacted on Wednesday. Via a statement published on its website, the basketball club of Orchies announces that it has suspended Ludovic Pouillart from his duties as coach of the professional men’s team (NM1, the third French division), “as of today and until further notice”.
A decision obviously linked to the discovery by the northern club of the opening by the Caen judicial court of a judicial investigation and the indictment of its coach, on the occasion of the testimony of the complainant, Valérie. She confided that she had filed a complaint in 2020 for “sexual abuse”, with facts having taken place in 2002, when she was 14 years old.
Ludovic Pouillart free under judicial control
Ludovic Pouillart (46) was indicted last November for “rape of a 15-year-old minor by a person abusing the authority that his function confers on him”. “The president of BC Orchies, Frédéric Szymczak, after having listened to all the club’s stakeholders, considered that the conditions were no longer met for the Basket club of Orchies to continue to evolve in a serene and secure climate. “, specifies the press release.
A press briefing will be organized on Friday at the Pévèle Arena in Orchies (North), “in order to provide further information and to detail the new organization of the first team”. Following his indictment less than four months ago, Ludovic Pouillart was released under judicial control. He therefore continued to lead Orchies, current co-leader of group A of NM1.