Post by Scumhunter on Nov 18, 2018 15:49:19 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: gossipextra.com)
Fugitive Profile as of November 18th, 2018: (based on Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office most wanted listing, Florida's statewide public wanted persons search)
DOB: 6/20/1994
Sex: M
Race: White
Height: 6
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Weight: 250 lbs
Occupation: Rugby player
Who to call if you've seen him: Reporting agency at (800) 458-8477
Palm Beach County Florida authorities are searching for an apprentice professional rugby player for Belgium that was accused of raping a 48-year-old woman in 2012.
Here is an excerpt of what is alleged from a Palm Beach post article in 2012:
"An 18-year-old on vacation from Belgium with his parents remains in jail this morning, accused of raping a Delray Beach woman he met at a local bar.
Maxime Devignez told police he thought the woman, whose name and age have been withheld, was a prostitute.
Devignez told investigators he went to the woman’s home to party with her male roommates and eventually went looking for the woman, whom he found sleeping in her room, according to his arrest report.
According to that report, Devignez and a friend met the three roommates the Ugly Mug bar on West Atlantic Avenue Sunday night. They took a cab to their home.
The woman, her roommates and Devignez’s friend said she parted company and went to bed while the men headed to the patio and pool.
When the roommates noticed Devignez had left the pool area and had been gone for a while, one went looking for him. The roommate said he heard screams from the woman’s bedroom of “No stop, stop, you’re going to kill me. Stop,” according to the arrest report. When the roomate opened the door, he said he found Devignez on top of the girl.
The woman, who was taken to Delray Medical Center, told police she had fallen asleep and woke with Devignez on top of her and sexually assaulting her. She also reported he punched her in the face several times. She was treated for multiple injuries.
Roommates reported that Devignez ran from their home. Police found him when a Delray Beach resident reported a man trying to break in to a local home.
Devignez has been charged with sexual battery and attempted burglary."
Reference link: www.palmbeachpost.com/news/belgian-year-old-charged-with-raping-delray-beach-woman-after-night-partying/kwCHIDTlgGbMFOUMkhQlQJ/
According to another report, Devignez would be released on bond, and his passport seized. To which his lawyer would state: “My client isn’t going anywhere"
www.gossipextra.com/2012/07/30/maxime-devignez-bond-rape-1688-16182
Despite this, Devignez would somehow be able to return to Belgium in July of 2013. He apparently was not in hiding as his lawyers there issued statements that they could prove holes in the Prosecutions' case, indicating Devignez was drunk and didn't remember a lot of details, that the interpreter during his interrogation gave him only "one out of four words" and that the 48-year old woman was going through a divorce and money problems. All this according to a French-language website:
www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/08/08/1685708-carcassonne-accuse-viol-floride-maxime-rejoint-belgique.html
However Devignez was able to return, he apparently would become a wanted fugitive as a search of Florida's public access wanted persons search shows an August 2013 warrant as of this posting date (11/18/2018). The warrant states "bail- secured bond": pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/restricted/PAS/person/WantedPersons.jsf
Also, as of this information posting date, Devignez is still listed on the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office website as one of their most wanted fugitives.
www.pbso.org/devignez-maxime/
Thoughts? In my opinion, Devignez is an Belgian version of Brock Turner, able to use his apparent privilege as a professional rugby player to escape charges of sexually battering a woman. His alleged defense in 2012 was he apparently wasn't guilty because he thought a sleeping woman was a "prostitute"- which is still having sex with her against her will even if she WAS a sex worker. (I acknowledge now his defense lawyers are claiming issues with the interpreter).
Also lots of women get divorced and have money problems. Most of them don't make up sexual assault stories.
Unfortunately, this doesn't seem like a where is he case but a foreign country not extraditing case. However, the world should know what Devignez is accused of, and that if he's supposedly innocent, why won't he go back to the U.S. to defend himself?
Since he is technically apparently a wanted fugitive here in the U.S., I am therefore making a fugitive profile for him, and hopefully we can at least do a small part in putting pressure on getting Devignez sent back to defend himself in a court of law rather than what in my opinion is his using his fame and privilege to hide behind his rich hired lawyers.
Also, here is an article and the article's linked police report involving Devignez, I warn in advance the report is very graphic:
www.gossipextra.com/2012/07/30/maxime-devignez-bond-rape-1688-16182
gossipextra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/devignez_sexual_battery.pdf
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