Noël Le Graët is the subject of a report to justice for “sexist outrage”

The pressure continues to mount on Noël Le Graët. The inspectors responsible for an audit of the French Football Federation have indeed issued a report to the courts, reports on Saturday The worldfor a possible “sexist outrage” committed by the president of the FFF.

The report was made to the public prosecutor of Paris after the testimony of Sonia Souid, agent of several French internationals, collected by the auditors of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR).

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra informed of the report

“I was informed by the head of the IGESR that, on the basis of the testimonies collected by the FFF mission, she was led to make a report in accordance with article 40 of the code of criminal procedure, due to a bundle of concordant elements on facts likely to take on a criminal qualification”, reacted the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, quoted by The world. Since then, her ministry has clarified that she has been informed of the report, in accordance with the procedure, and that she does not intend to comment further on the subject.

Noël Le Graët, for his part, read “with astonishment an article from the World reporting leaks on the interim report being prepared (of the IGESR)”. “At this stage I know neither the facts of which I am accused nor the people who are behind them”. “More generally, I am surprised that information can be disclosed even though the provisional report has not yet been sent to me and I have not been able to submit my observations on it”, a- he declared.

The accusations of Sonia Souid

Agent Sonia Souid publicly denounced this week, to the daily The Team and on RMC, the behavior deemed sexist by the man who has chaired the FFF since 2011. “He told me face to face, in his apartment, very clearly, that if I wanted him to help me, I had to go to the pan,” she said.

Sexual or sexist outrage refers to a statement or behavior with a sexual or sexist connotation undermining a person’s dignity or exposing him or her to a distressing situation. The offense can be punished with a fine of up to 750 euros.

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