French police arrest Egyptian wrestler for allegedly groping a woman in a bar
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Egypt's Mohamed Elsayed competing against Azerbaijan's Hasrat Jafarov in the 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling.
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PARIS – French police early on Aug 9 arrested an Egyptian wrestler taking part in the Olympics over the alleged groping of a woman in a bar, prosecutors said.
The authorities detained Mohamed Elsayed, 26, in front of a cafe in the French capital’s 13th district at around 5am after he was accused of “placing a hand on the buttocks of a woman patron”, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
Elsayed, who won bronze at the Tokyo Games, lost to Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov in the 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling event on Aug 7. His opponent went on to win the bronze medal.
A fellow Egyptian with the same name won a bronze medal in epee fencing at the Paris Olympics.
It was not immediately clear if the wrestler had since been released.
French newspaper Le Parisien said he was “roaring drunk”. AFP
