As we expected, the French players have been acquitted because the [sexual] act was consensual, meaning there was no crime and no doubt that they are innocent, defence lawyer German Hnatow said.
The woman, whom they met in a nightclub on the night of their July 6 match, said they assaulted her viciously in the hotel room.
The players were kept in preventive custody for a little more than a week and then under house arrest for nearly a month before being allowed to return to France.
Prosecutors said the case against them appeared flimsy and later called for the charges to be dropped.
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