Already the target of a judicial inquiry for events that occurred in May with a young woman in the United States during a race stopover, skipper Kevin Escoffier is again targeted. The French Sailing Federation (FFvoile) opened a new disciplinary procedure on Wednesday for “inappropriate behavior” towards women targeting the French sailor
“The Federation cell in charge of the fight against sexual violence has received reports concerning other inappropriate behavior by Kevin Escoffier towards women,” wrote the Federation in a text sent to AFP, specifying that this procedure was added to that opened in June, relating to “the incidents which occurred during the stage of The Ocean Race of Newport”.
These new testimonies, on which the Federation did not wish to comment at this stage, led “Jean-Luc Denéchau, president of the French Sailing Federation” to open new disciplinary proceedings. An investigation was opened in early July by the Paris prosecutor’s office against the 43-year-old sailor after an initial report made by the FFvoile for facts “related to sexual assault”, according to a source familiar with the matter. “After analysis of the first elements, the brigade for the repression of delinquency against people was seized,” said the prosecution. In mid-June, Le Canard Enchaîné had reported the testimony of several people describing “repeated slippages” by the Breton navigator towards women.
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