Le Parisien reports that MP Colette Capdevielle has asked prosecutors to reopen a case on Eric Olhats after journalists Thomas Rabino and Fabien Touati exposed possible chemical subjugation in their book *Into the Wolf’s Mouth*. Could this be the tip of the iceberg?
The former Basque trainer and ex‑mentor of Antoine Griezmann is back under fire. Serving a six‑year term since 2025 for sexual assaults on eight under‑age players, Olhats may now face fresh charges following the deputy’s request to the Bayonne prosecutor, Le Parisien revealed Friday.
In drafting her letter, Capdevielle cited article 40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, which obliges any public authority or official who learns of a crime to notify the prosecutor without delay.
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Capdevielle’s push stems from the investigative work of Rabino and Touati, whose book on football pedocrime lists several facts that could merit a new criminal classification. It even mentions alleged chemical submission when Olhats housed youngsters in his flat. In my view, such claims deserve immediate judicial scrutiny.
Capdevielle had already harboured doubts when Olhats trained her son at Aviron Bayonnais. Will authorities launch a formal inquiry before the year ends?
According to journalist Fabien Touati, Olhats ran a locked‑up Bayonne apartment where he allegedly assaulted and psychologically tormented children. He also allegedly possessed 443 Temesta pills—a potent anxiolytic linked to sexual offenders like Dominique Pélicot, who received a 20‑year sentence for drugging and raping his wife’s partners. Those exact quantities were reportedly found in Olhats’s possession, yet the trial never addressed them.
Capdevielle knows Olhats personally, having seen him coach her son at Aviron Bayonnais. She recalls his vulgar attitude toward kids and recalls finding him naked in a shower, soap in hand. The lawyer‑turned‑MP says she was labeled ‘crazy’ for warning friends and club insiders. She adds that denial was widespread, and notes that one investigator also coached at Aviron for over a decade, a man Olhats apparently knew well.