Eric Abidal could be heard in the Hamraoui case, the investigation entrusted to an examining magistrate

“If Eric Abidal is summoned as part of the investigation, of course he will come forward to answer all the questions that he will be asked.“The lawyer of the world vice-champion, Olivier Martin, reacted to AFP. However, his client disputes”with the greatest firmness“any involvement in the assault, insisted Mr. Martin. The name of Eric Abidal appeared in the proceedings after the investigators established a material link with Ms. Hamraoui: the victim was using a chip on his mobile phone in the name of the footballer .

Monday, a judicial investigation was opened against X for “criminal association with a view to preparing an offense punishable by at least five years” and “violence aggravated by three circumstances, followed by incapacity not exceeding eight days“, indicated the parquet floor of Versailles. The aggravating circumstances are”the premeditation, the reunion and the weapon“, Kheira Hamraoui having been hit with an iron bar.

“Track among others”

The facts date back to the evening of November 4. Kheira Hamraoui, a 31-year-old French international, suffered an assault on returning, with her teammate Aminata Diallo, from a dinner organized by their club. The player is “beaten up on the legs with an iron bar“by two men who then fled, according to the Versailles prosecutor.

Aminata Diallo witnessed the scene. The hypothesis of a rivalry between PSG players was then considered. Arrested, Aminata Diallo was taken into custody and then released thirty-six hours later last Thursday without any charge being brought against her. “Aminata Diallo deplores the perfectly artificial staging of a rivalry between her and Kheira Hamraoui which would justify her attacking her teammate“, declared his lawyer Mourad Battikh, sweeping aside the hypothesis of an ambush orchestrated by his client to take advantage of an injury of Kheira Hamraoui who evolves in the same position as her.

The name of Eric Abidal, former defender of Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona, ​​then sporting director of the Catalan club from 2018 to 2020, also appeared in the proceedings. Kheira Hamraoui played in the Catalan club’s women’s team from 2018 to 2021. According to a source familiar with the matter, Kheira Hamraoui told investigators that her cell phone chip was “in the name of her ex”. Investigators have established that Eric Abidal was the holder.

The hypothesis of a revenge in love with Mr. Abidal’s entourage is only “one track considered among others“, held to explain the parquet floor of Versailles, estimating that” nothing is founded “but not however excluding the possibility that the wife of Mr. Abidal, Hayet Abidal, is also heard. For his part, Mr. Olivier Martin did not wish to make “any comment” on the nature of the relationship between his client and Ms. Hamraoui.