Angers SCO player Farid El Melali – JF Monnier / AFP
Angers SCO wingman Farid El Melali, 22, who was placed in police custody on Monday, will be tried for
sexual exhibition, we learned Tuesday from the prosecution. The Ligue 1 player was arrested on Monday at around 11 p.m.
Angers. He was then placed in police custody and released on Tuesday afternoon.
The police were alerted by neighbors of the young attacker. According to the latter, he was masturbating in front of the accommodation of an adult neighbor who filed a complaint. The acts were committed in the private courtyard of a group of dwellings.
Similar facts a few weeks ago
Heard by the police, Farid El Melali admitted to having had an “inappropriate attitude”, according to his lawyer, Me Sandra Chirac-Kollarik. The footballer assured that he thought he was alone in this court. “He was not targeting anyone and was not aggressive towards anyone,” said his lawyer. The footballer had already committed similar acts a few weeks earlier, according to the prosecution. The same victim reported a sexual exposure incident in April, without being able to identify the suspect. The Angers player finally admitted to being the author.
Farid El Melali has been released with a summons to court, where he will be tried on a pretrial appearance. The Angers club said “to have taken cognizance” of the player’s situation and said “to await the court decision”. Farid El Melali, who joined Angers in August 2018, has just extended his contract.
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