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A member of the Mauritius delegation at the Commonwealth Games has been charged for sexual assault in Gold Coast Australia.
Queensland Police say this follows a criminal investigation being opened after an accusation of inappropriate "touching" by an unnamed team member.
"Police report that the 52-year-old Mauritian man assaulted a 26-year-old woman in Southport on March 29.
"The matter was reported to police who charged the man with one count of sexual assault.
"The man is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on April 17."
Police have not named either the official concerned or the athlete who made the allegation.
Mauritius' Minister of Youth and Sports Stephan Toussaint said on Wednesday that their Chef de Mission Kaysee Teeroovengadum had stepped down after the allegation was made.
"After meeting with the members of the Olympic Committee and listening to the versions of the two people concerned, Kaysee Teeroovengadum made the decision to withdraw for the benefit of everyone and so that things could calm down," he said.
The official, who has denied the allegations, was initially reported to have remained in the Athletes' Village despite the allegation.
It was confirmed yesterday that the official is no longer staying in the village.
"The CGF considers its safeguarding responsibilities to be of paramount importance for the protection and welfare of all participants.
"The CGF has since de-activated the individual's accreditation.
Sexual abuse allegations have become a particularly prominent concern in sport in recent months following a scandal in USA Gymnastics.
Larry Nassar, national medical coordination officer for USA Gymnastics between 1996 and 2014, was jailed for up to 300 years earlier this year on seven counts of criminal sexual abuse against athletes.
A total of 260 women have so far claimed that he sexually abused them.
