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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ed Aarons and Romain Molina

Former Haitian sports minister Evans Lescouflair accused of raping children

Haiti Jacky Yves JeanBart David Ramos
Evans Lescouflair
Evans Lescouflair, Haiti’s former minsiter of sport, is facing claims that he sexually abused boys under the age of 15. Photograph: David Ramos/AP

A former sports minister of Haiti has been accused of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old pupil while a teacher in the 1980s and is facing a civil lawsuit brought by several other alleged victims who claim he sexually abused them.

Complaints against Evans Lescouflair, who served in several posts at Haiti’s Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action between 2008 and 2011 and remains influential in Haitian football as president of youth side Club Sportif Saint-Louis, were sent to the commissaire of Port-au-Prince governorate on Thursday by lawyers working on behalf of Claude-Alix Bertrand and several other alleged victims. It is understood that they contain accusations that one of Lescouflair’s alleged victims killed themselves in 2008.

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