Everyone who watched the game remembers the serious expression of the commentators after the match. While Stade Rennais had just won against FC Lorient in a stadium emptied of its spectators by the Covid-19 epidemic, a tragedy unfolded on the Moustoir lawn. Substitute players were scrubbing the field that evening in December 2020 when a light therapy ramp lay on the grass, falling on one of the men who was handling it. Yohann Essirard, who had come to help his brother operate the heating ramps, was killed instantly. This Monday, justice will seek to clarify the many gray areas surrounding this accident.
On the dock, the leaders of Sportingsols. This company based in Vendée was in charge of the maintenance of the Moustoir lawn. Three of its employees were present in the field after the meeting to install the light therapy ramps. Among them, the brother of the victim, who had obtained accreditation for Yohann to attend the match. In return, the latter had come to help him install the equipment at the end of the meeting. An undeclared activity carried out without any training by the 36-year-old father.
Prosecuted for manslaughter, Sportingsols wishes to plead for release, precise West France. The company hopes to make it understood that it was not aware of the accreditation system set up by one of the employees with FC Lorient. The football club is not prosecuted.