Right in his boots and faithful to his line of defense since the start of the case, the now ex-president of the French Football Federation denies all the charges against him. In a long interview with The TeamTuesday evening, just a few hours after bowing out before the Comex, Noël Le Graët assures us that he wants to “contest the irregularity of the administrative investigation within the Federation” and request “the cancellation of the report of the mission of investigation “.
According to him, “the investigation (…) was carried out against him, in total disregard of my rights and of the adversarial principle. She (the Minister of Sports) was judge and party and that is not possible, even if she claims not. “About the charges brought by the agent Sonia Souid in the columns of The Team the day after his release on Zidane on RMC, at the beginning of January, Le Graët speaks squarely of a “set-up”.
Complaint for defamation against Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
Asked about the accusations of moral and sexual harassment of which he is the target, the Costarmorican again claims to have “never harassed anyone, neither morally nor sexually”. “I am surprised by this whole cabal. I don’t know who’s behind it, but I’ll find out eventually. I did nothing wrong and I am waiting to see the consequences with my lawyers,” he explained. If he admits to being, at 81, “perhaps out of step” in his way of expressing himself “with a young person in his twenties”, “that does not make me a bad person” continues NLG .
As for his alcohol consumption, singled out in the audit conducted by the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR), the former president of EAG refuses to make a whole meal. “It happens to me (to drink), with my friends or my colleagues, especially when a French team wins or when I was able to sign a big contract at the FFF. So what ? I know a lot of men and women who drink champagne,” says Le Graët. The day after his resignation, the former all-powerful boss of the FFF should “sue for defamation” the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, in the words of his lawyer Thierry Marembert, Tuesday, on France 5.