Evans Lescouflair

Evans Lescouflair is a Haitian politician. He formerly served as Minister of Youth, Sports and Civic Action and as leader of the Cooperative Action to Build Haiti political party.[1][2][3]

He has faced several allegations of having committed sexual assault.[4] In 2015, Himmler Rebu, who was then serving as Haitian Minister of Sports, accused Lescouflair of having abused youth sports players.

In March 2022, additional allegations of sexual abuse surfaced against him, including from youth former members of the Club Sportif Saint-Louis and from Claude-Alix Bertrand, the Haitian ambassador to UNESCO.[5] He fled to Central America, and on July 2, 2022, he was arrested in Panama.[6] He was repatriated to Haiti via Santo Domingo, and imprisoned in the Penitencier National in Port-au-Prince.

References

  1. ^ "Face à l'Opinion: Evans "Dady" Lescouflair sou espò an Ayiti (1) / Radio Haiti Archive / Duke Digital Repository".
  2. ^ "Les jeunes Haïtiens rappellent les valeurs du football à Dirinon". 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ Par M. Sarr (14 October 2010). "Sénégal: Evans Lescouflair, ministre haïtiens de la jeunesse et de l'action civique - 'Votre geste traduit une conviction profonde de solidarité'". AllAfrica (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Haïti/Affaire Lescouflair : Dossier classé sans suite". 8 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Former Haitian sports minister Evans Lescouflair accused of raping children". TheGuardian.com. 26 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Former Haitian Sports Minister Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse". 8 August 2022.
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