The battle continues. The Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) ordered on Thursday the referral for trial of Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra for defamation against Noël Le Graët, indicated the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation Rémy Heitz.
Asked by AFP, he announced in a press release this dismissal, resulting from a procedure triggered by a complaint from the former president of the French Football Federation in April 2023 after comments made by Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on his management of the FFF. The comments in question were made in “a press conference on February 15, 2023 and an interview on March 5, 2023.”
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The only court empowered to judge ministers in the exercise of their functions, the CJR opened a judicial investigation in June 2023 to examine the complaint of the former boss of French football. After eleven years of reign, Le Graët had resigned with a bang in February 2023, amid accusations of sexual harassment.
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Her lawyer, Thierry Marembert, had announced a complaint against Ms Oudéa-Castera. He claimed that the minister had “lied” about the damning report from the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research.