Coach convicted possessed Temesta drug like Dominique Pélicot
Éric Olhats, former mentor of Antoine Griezmann convicted to six years in 2025, allegedly used Temesta to put his minor victims to sleep. Testimonies reveal practices identical to those of Dominique Pélicot.
Revelations on Éric Olhats's methods of chemical restraint
According to ladepeche.fr, a year after his conviction to six years' imprisonment for sexual offences against minors, testimonies have emerged concerning the practices of football coach Éric Olhats. Presented as the mentor who had spotted the young Antoine Griezmann, Olhats allegedly employed methods comparable to those of Dominique Pélicot, convicted to twenty years for repeated marital rape.
Journalist Fabien Touati, citing elements from the book Dans la gueule du loup (Thomas Rabino and Fabien Touati), reports that 443 tablets of Temesta were discovered at Olhats's home during a search. Dominique Pélicot possessed the same quantity of this powerful sedative at his address. One child reported that Olhats had carried out an internet search: "How to put a twelve-year-old child to sleep."
Several young players testified that Olhats allegedly made them ingest "a white powder" mixed into their meals, claiming it was a post-training recovery product. After consuming this substance, the victims reported memory loss and episodes of confusion — a pattern similar to the testimonies of Gisèle Pélicot during the trial of the "Mazan rapes". Gisèle Pélicot had described how she discovered after the fact the violence she had suffered without being conscious of it at the time of the facts.
Six minors testified against Olhats during his trial, reporting sexual caresses and touching, and for some, forced masturbation. In addition to his conviction to six years in November 2025, Olhats was ordered a permanent ban on exercising any activity with minors and barred from accessing sports facilities.
Source: Google News FR — Crime (fr)