French rugby players' lawyer: strong evidence to counter rape claims

Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, were arrested on July 8, in Buenos Aires, two days after their team played Argentina in the city of Mendoza. Last Friday, they were charged with aggravated rape of a woman they had met in a bar after the match. The 39-year-old complainant says she was violently and repeatedly raped by the pair, who insist there was a consensual sexual encounter. Lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libarona told AFP on Monday he believed the evidence collected so far supports the players' version of events.