Now on France Télévisions, Mohamed Bouhafsi has succeeded in persuading the leaders of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 to support associations that work in favor of battered children. Himself victim of his father, he makes it the fight of his life.
In April 2020, Mohamed Bouhafsi revealed that during his early childhood he had been the victim of his father’s very violent behavior, just like his mother had also been. The journalist, who was then the boss of the football section of RMC, wanted to put his notoriety at the service of associations which work to defend and protect the victims of these family tragedies. It is to testify to the gravity of this situation, which affects 300,000 people each year, which pushed the one who joined France Télévisions to write a book entitled ” Dreaming under the blows ”Whose release is scheduled for Wednesday, November 3. A story that recounts what he himself experienced, and which gives shivers down the spine, both Mohamed Bouhafsi and his mother lived through a real ordeal for many years before thanks to a neighbor, things ended in a departure from his father.
Child abuse, 300,000 victims per year
Very touched by the story last year of the death of Daoudja, a 6-year-old boy, beaten by his father, while his neighbors had admitted to having often heard the child scream under the blows, Mohamed Bouhafsi not only wishes to help associations, but he also wanted to offer a little comfort to these innocent victims. Using his address book, the journalist decided to organize events on November 20 on the occasion of the day of the rights of the child. It is in this context that the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs will play during the weekend from 19 to 21 November with a jersey with an overflocking featuring a logo drawn by children, while the 119, a national number intended to report cases of children at risk will be displayed on giant screens in the stadiums. Likewise, a football tournament will be organized for 240 children aged 8 to 14 at the Stade de France, children having previously had the opportunity to train in the various cities from which they come. And all these little people will be able to attend the rugby match between France and New Zealand. “ This cause is an issue of force majeure beyond the parties (…) When I organize this weekend for me, that’s the real policy (…) I consider that we can be journalist and carry convictions as a citizen ”, Explains, in the JDD, Mohamed Bouhafsi.
In this interview granted to the Journal du Dimanche, the journalist evokes the way in which his father martyred him, his mother not escaping this extreme brutality and he tells the incredible return of the latter in his life after 17 years without having it. seen. “IHe’s downstairs from my office one evening in 2018. The floor is slipping under my feet, but I have agreed to have dinner with him. I wait for him to tell me why he doesn’t love me, but he only tells me about the three children he has had in the meantime. Asks me for an autograph from DJ Snake, a Mbappé jersey and he says: “What happened is dead” (…) We are two strangers, he has no regrets, apologizes for nothing, explains Mohamed Bouhafsi, who explains that by chance Noël Le Graët was in this restaurant and came to greet the journalist and his father. He congratulates my father for the education and the values he gave me… And my father replies: “Yes I know thank you”. A stab, the most disgusting seconds of my life. »
