« Trois ans arrachés à ma vie » : le récit poignant de Baye Gorgui Sèye, accusé de viol, brisé puis acquitté
He hadn't foreseen any of this. In 2023, as every year approaching Tabaski, Baye Gorgui Sèye went into the sheep trade. A simple, almost routine activity. This time, he brought his cousins into it. A seemingly ordinary decision that would nevertheless change his entire life. That night, he stood guard to protect the animals. The cold, the fatigue, the silence. He held on until morning, waiting to be relieved by his cousin Mor. Exhausted, he went to Mor's sister's house to rest. They offered him breakfast, but he no longer had the strength to eat. He just wanted to sleep.
When he wakes up, it's after 3 p.m. The house is empty. Quiet. Too quiet. He closes the doors, calls his cousin, and plans to stop by his mother's to pick up a few things. Everything still seems normal. Then the phone rings. A familiar voice, but an unrecognizable tone: "You're going straight to jail." The shock is brutal, incomprehensible. A few minutes later, the truth hits him like a sledgehammer: he's accused of raping the housekeeper.
Stunned, he repeats that he doesn't know this girl, that he's never seen her. He even suggests she be examined at the hospital. But already, everything is slipping out of his control. Men appear, climb the wall. Shouts, blows, violence. He tries to defend himself, then everything becomes blurry. Blackness.
The ordeal of prison and the weight of the accusations
When he regained consciousness, he was dragged into the street, humiliated in front of passersby, before being taken to the police station and then to the hospital. It was there, he recounts, that he saw his accuser for the first time. The medical certificate mentions signs of a struggle, but does not confirm any sexual intercourse. This changes nothing: the warrant for his arrest is issued.
At Cap Manuel prison, time stood still. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months. His incarceration would ultimately last two years and nine months. Behind bars, Baye Gorgui Sèye clung to one thing: his truth. "I have never changed my story," he insisted. Before the investigating judge, he tirelessly repeated his innocence. Slowly, a turning point occurred: the rape charges were reclassified.
The Day of Deliverance
The trial finally took place on March 12th. Thin and gaunt, but still standing, he faced his accusers. In the witness box, the plaintiff hesitated. Her statements contradicted each other, her voice trembled. Her confidence was gone. In the courtroom, glances shifted and doubt crept in. The verdict was finally delivered: a complete acquittal.
Free, but not unscathed. Today, Baye Gorgui Sèye is trying to piece together a shattered life. He speaks of an emptied Wave account, vanished savings, and betrayed trust. He also alludes to the shadow of possible family revenge linked to a bitter divorce. But what remains, deep down, is a profound pain and an immense sense of injustice.
“A little bit of seriousness… just a little… and I wouldn’t have wasted almost three years of my life,” he confides. His words are simple, but they carry the weight of stolen time. One question remains: how can a life be turned upside down so quickly and rebuilt so slowly?
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