How far can a coach go? “That is the whole point of this trial,” explains Anne-Laure Rousset, the lawyer for five young gymnasts, residents of the Pôle France in Marseille. The young women, minors at the time of the facts, detailed to their lawyer the bullying, mockery and humiliation suffered, leading them to file a complaint in 2021 against Vincent Pateau, technical director of the France pole in Marseille. One of them also implicated Pierre Ettel, ex-coach of the pole....
Too much pressure DTB Vice Hordorff resigns after allegations of sexual harassment The trainer and tennis official Dirk Hordorff is said to have carried out so-called "muscle checks" on young players © Christoph Schmidt / DPA In the end, the pressure was too great: Dirk Hordorff, Vice President of the German Tennis Association, resigned. Several athletes accuse him of sexual harassment. Dirk Hordorff has resigned from his post as Vice President of the German Tennis Association (DTB). The 66-year-old announced...
He contacted young women looking for a first internship on the social network LinkedIn, to conduct job interviews that were anything but professional: a man was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison, nine of which were suspended for sexual harassment. The Paris Criminal Court has asked Armand T. to serve the firm part of his sentence under an electronic bracelet. He will also have to receive psychological care, and compensate the civil parties.They were six at the hearing...
The members of the regional management of Lidl in Brittany will not be referred to justice. After more than two and a half years of investigation, the prosecution of Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor) has just closed the file concerning alleged acts of moral harassment and union discrimination within the company. "As it stands, the prosecution is issuing a final indictment for the purposes of total dismissal, considering that there were no serious or concordant indications justifying the indictment of the persons placed...
One in two female scientists in the world has been the victim of sexual harassment in the workplace during their career, reveals an international Ipsos survey for the L'Oréal Foundation published on Thursday.According to this consultation of around 5,000 researchers in 117 countries, including France, 49% of women scientists say they have been "personally confronted with at least one situation of sexual harassment during their career". Nearly half of them after the emergence of the #MeToo movement in 2017. For...
Oscars 2023 Sexual harassment: Photographer grabbed Lady Gaga's butt on the red carpet Lady Gaga arrived at the Oscars in a black dress with a completely transparent back © Angela Weiss/ / AFP Lady Gaga tried to help a fallen photographer on the red carpet. A video shows the man touching her in a spicy spot afterwards. Lady Gaga's performance at the Oscars made several headlines. One of them was that she was there at all. Because it was announced...
“An exemplary sanction had to be imposed, and I think it is. Maître Delphine Gilbert, the lawyer for a gendarme who was suing four of her colleagues for sexual harassment, did not hide her satisfaction on Thursday in Strasbourg. The court had just pronounced suspended prison sentences for acts committed between 2016 and 2021, when all of them worked within the Observation and Surveillance Group (GOS) of the Alsatian city."And for my client, who has had very little support from...
A scene unfortunately too banal! Three student friends - Lila, Soso and Rebecca - are whistled by a group of guys as they come out of the pool. “When a guy annoys me, I take a picture of him,” explains Lila, pulling out her smartphone. She then balances the shot on @LesSiffleurs, an Instagram account that she has specially created to pin the intruders.On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, France 2 is broadcasting this Wednesday at 9:10 p.m....
Accuser of the former president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noël Le Graët, player agent Sonia Souid defended herself on Wednesday of having been "remotely guided" in her speech, believing with the AFP to have "felt a form of harassment" from the leader. Tuesday, Noël Le Graët had indeed swept away the accusations of the agent with the World and The Teamtaxing her as a "miraculous witness", believing that she had "nothing to do in this audit" and going...
Right in his boots and faithful to his line of defense since the start of the case, the now ex-president of the French Football Federation denies all the charges against him. In a long interview with The TeamTuesday evening, just a few hours after bowing out before the Comex, Noël Le Graët assures us that he wants to "contest the irregularity of the administrative investigation within the Federation" and request "the cancellation of the report of the mission of investigation...
