Nearly 445 people have been implicated to date via reports sent to the unit dedicated to sexual violence in sport.
This cell was set up last winter after the revelations of the skater Sarah Abitbol, who told in a book how she was raped by her trainer in the early 90s.
Nearly 445 people have been implicated to date via reports sent to the unit dedicated to sexual violence in sport, Minister responsible for Sports Roxana Maracineanu said on Friday at the second convention devoted to the subject.
"In the past year, 407 cases have been or are being processed by the cell involving 445 people," she said.
This cell was set up last winter after the revelations of the skater Sarah Abitbol, who told in a book how she was raped by her trainer between 15 and 17 years old, in the early 90s.
48 sports federations concerned
A first detailed inventory drawn up in mid-February counted 387 reports and 421 people involved, including 245 professional or volunteer educators (188 and 57 respectively).
The ministerial delegate in charge of sexual violence in sport, Fabienne Bourdais, said Friday that "48 sports federations" were concerned and 12 "concentrate 66% of cases".
Another figure noted by all the participants in this convention, including by the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupont-Moretti, who came to ensure the support of justice, "63% of cases concern minors under the age of fifteen".
"Denouncing violence in sport is not denigrating sport or devaluing its actors. It is even quite the opposite", hammered Roxana Maracineanu.
Fabienne Bourdais noted that "25 reports" emanated from high level structures, which means that "the vast majority of the facts take place in classic clubs".
191 administrative interdiction measures were pronounced by the prefects.
29 public officials are also concerned, including 16 from the Ministry of Sports and 11 from National Education, including 7 PE teachers.