So he wasn’t bluffing, the bugger! Hours after threatening to sue John Textor for defamation after he accused him of withholding certain information when the sale was finalized last December, ultimately resulting in part of the DNCG, the former owner of Les Gones has indeed translated his words into action.
“The Holnest company, controlled by Jean-Michel Aulas, is filing a defamation complaint against Eagle and John Textor (director and main shareholder of the Eagle group, majority shareholder of the company Olympique Lyonnais Groupe (OLG), and chairman of the board of directors of ‘OLG), following the remarks made by the latter during a press conference on August 29, “announces the group of Jean-Michel Aulas in a press release.
Aulas vs Textor, round 7
By becoming the majority shareholder of Olympique Lyonnais last December, the American billionaire probably did not expect to experience so many difficulties with former President Aulas. He will have since learned the hard way that one does not throw JMA in the nettles without paying the consequences.