The resigning president of the French Football Federation (FFF) intends to file a defamation complaint against the Minister of Sports, accusing him of having “lied” on the accusations of sexual harassment targeting him.
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The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, said on Wednesday 1
“I find it distressing, I never insulted anyone, I remained polite, I never accused it of harassment,” she replied, recalling that a preliminary investigation had been opened for Facts of moral and sexual harassment against the president of the FFF. “This defense strategy does not depe many people,” she continues. “I think we have done a very in -depth job and I will not let the work that was done,” reacted the Minister of Sports.
As soon as his resignation was announced, Noël Le Graët launched his counterattack on the legal ground saying victim of a “well-organized politico-media cabal”. The resigning president of the FFF will file an appeal before the administrative court to contest the audit report of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) and a criminal complaint for defamation against the Minister of Sports to the Court of Justice of the Republic.
“It was the prosecutor who decided sovereignly to open an investigation for acts of moral and sexual harassment” on the basis of this inspection report, recalled M me oudéa- Castéra, while Christmas lawyers Le Graët wish to contest the document that has been made mid-February.
“ambiguous sms for some and clearly sexual for others”
The Minister reiterated on RTL what she had declared at a press conference: “The [inspection] mission evokes remarks and SMS emanating from Mr. Le Graët, ambiguous for some and clearly sexual nature for others “. “I have never called him a harasser,” she insisted.
Questioned on whether she had called her Tuesday morning as he said in interviews and the conversation had turned short, she described the conversation as “very short” but “in practice c ‘ It is he who called me “.
The report, rendered on February 15 but never published in its full version, pinned the management of the 81 -year -old leader, who “no longer has the legitimacy necessary to administer and represent French football”, according to the inspectors. The Breton leader’s lawyer says that Igesr inspectors “were manipulated, forced by their minister”.