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Exclusive. Scandal at FC Gueugnon: Child Victims of Rape, 40 Years of Silence

Summary by leprogres.fr
They were children. For decades, they didn't say anything, or were not heard. Today, several former young players tell about the sexual assaults - for some of the rapes - of which they were victims at FC Gueugnon, between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, on the part of a leader, also a cadre at the Forges. The man whose novelist Valérie Perrin was inspired to create the character of Charpie, a predator, in his fourth novel, Tata.

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About ten testimonies, including six directly alleged victims, charge an ex-leader of the football club. Sexual assaults range from touching to rape.

·Rennes, France
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According to an investigation by the "Journal de Saône-et-Loire" (JSL), the former leader, now deceased, is accused of sexual assault and rape against very young children who were training at the club.

·Paris, France
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The former leader of the FC Gueugnon football club is accused of having raped and sexually assaulted many young footballers in the 1980s. He was never worried by the justice system. Died ten years ago...

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Center

They were children. For decades, they didn't say anything, or were not heard. Today, several former young players tell about the sexual assaults - for some of the rapes - of which they were victims at FC Gueugnon, between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, on the part of a leader, also a cadre at the Forges. The man whose novelist Valérie Perrin was inspired to create the character of Charpie, a predator, in his fourth novel, Tata.

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Journal de Saône-et-Loire reveals that several young minors have been victims of rape and sexual assault by an iconic club leader.

·Paris, France
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There was a pedocriminal at the Gueugnon football club in the 1980s, according to the Journal de Saône-et-Loire. The newspaper collected about ten testimonies.

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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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