Prosecuted for discrimination and harassment, mainly against Muslim players, Christophe Galtier, the former Nice coach, was acquitted on Thursday, following a trial which turned into word against word and the settling of personal scores.
“Neither of the two offenses is characterized,” clarified the Nice criminal court on Friday, pronouncing its judgment. In his indictment at the hearing on December 15, the Nice public prosecutor delivered a very harsh indictment, demanding a one-year suspended prison sentence and a 45,000 euro fine against the former PSG coach.
Christophe Galtier continued to vehemently reject certain comments attributed to him, notably by Julien Fournier, then general director of OGC Nice, or explaining that others had been distorted or misinterpreted.