The French authorities have released Egyptian Olympic wrestler Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim after allegations of sexual assault were dropped due to lack of evidence, the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) said.
On Friday, French authorities arrested the 26-year-old Egyptian wrestler for allegedly “groping a woman in a bar,” as stated by the Paris prosecutor’s office.
In a statement released on Saturday, the EOC said video footage from the incident scene showed no assault.
"The investigations were dropped as video footage from the cameras surrounding the incident did not show any assault by the player towards the woman," read the statement.
Kesho headed directly from the police station to Charles de Gaulle Airport to return to Egypt, according to the EOC.
On Wednesday, Kesho, who secured a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games, was defeated by Azerbaijan's Hasrat Jafarov in the 67 kg Greco-Roman wrestling event at the Paris Olympics.
The EOC suspended Kesho after his arrest, initiating an investigation into the allegations.
The EOC's ethics panel will now focus on investigating “the player's failure to return to the Egyptian camp on time, after being granted permission to watch the final in his weight category,” the statement concluded.
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