Egyptian Olympic wrestler ,Mohamed ‘Kesho’ Ibrahim has been arrested in Paris on allegations of sexual assault.
The Paris prosecutor’s office issued a statement confirming the arrest, stating, “On August 9 around 5 a.m., a man born in March 1998 in Egypt, who was a wrestler in the Olympic delegation, was arrested in front of the Oz cafe.”
Kesho was reportedly arrested for allegedly touching the buttocks of another customer at the cafe.
The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) identified Kesho, who secured a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games, as the arrested team member. The EOC announced that he will be investigated by its ethics committee and could face a lifetime ban from competition.“If the allegations are substantiated, the wrestler will face permanent suspension and will be barred from participating in both domestic and international competitions,” the EOC stated.
Kesho had recently competed in the men’s 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling at Paris 2024, where he was defeated by Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov in the first round on Wednesday.
According to the EOC, Kesho had received permission to leave the Egyptian camp to watch the final of his weight category but failed to return and turned off his phone
