"Due to the ongoing legal proceedings, the management of franceinfo decides to suspend its collaboration with Yannick Agnel until the conclusions of the investigation," the media told AFP.

The 29-year-old former athlete was "arrested at the end of the morning in Paris and placed in police custody in Mulhouse" on a rogatory commission, the city's public prosecutor, Edwige Roux-Morizot, told AFP. confirming information from CNews.

The prosecutor said that a complaint was filed last summer for facts dating back to "about 2016".

The former swimmer joined franceinfo in May 2021 as an esport consultant, a discipline in which he had specialized since his retirement from sports.

Until now, he has produced a weekly column and a monthly podcast for the public media.

From 2019, he also became a consultant for France Télévisions during the world swimming championships.

He had resumed service this summer during the Tokyo Olympics for the public broadcasting group, with which he is no longer under contract.

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