Feminists, including environmentalist municipal councilor Alice Coffin, denounced this Monday the “violent response” of Parc des Princes security to the deployment of a banner against sexual violence by the Les Dégommeuses collective, Sunday during the women’s D1 clash between Paris and Lyon (0-1).
“We displayed a banner in support of Jenni Hermoso and Kadidiatou Diani who denounced sexual assault. A violent response from PSG security followed,” Alice Coffin testified on Twitter, with supporting video. In the video, a security agent asks Alice Coffin, seated, to accompany him to the exit, before attempting to take him away by force when she refuses, under the strong protest of the audience.
“A feminist message”
“The banner said ‘Jenni, Kadi, we believe you + #SeAcabo (it’s over)’,” said Alice Coffin. The slogan was used by the players of the Spanish selection after the scandal of the forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso by the president of the Spanish federation Luis Rubiales, who resigned on September 10. Kadidiatou Diani, for her part, filed a complaint in June for sexual assault against former PSG coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle, and a preliminary investigation was opened by the Versailles prosecutor’s office.
“We handed her over to law enforcement when he arrived. The action was peaceful, assured Alice Coffin. We emphasized that it was a feminist message, which denounced attacks, and that responding with other attacks was very symbolic. » According to her, “the head of security who came to calm his troops, unfortunately a little late, recognized that the intervention methods were dysfunctional”.
And the environmentalist concluded, in reference to the chants sung by thousands of ultras during the match against Marseille on September 24, which remained without sanction from the club: “PSG you are obviously much cooler with homophobic chants than ‘with the “we believe you” that we chanted. »