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return to relatives before legal proceedings

Eight days after the altercation between Margaux Pinot and Alain Schmitt at the home of the judoka, the two protagonists spoke and the case should see progress during the coming week. While waiting for the legal proceedings, they both offered a respite each on their own with their loved ones.

Everyone came back to their corner after an intense week. Alain Schmitt is staying with a friend, Margaux Pinot has found the family cocoon in eastern France. The temperature drops.

The Etoile Sportive club of Blanc-Mesnil and the French Judo Federation, lined up behind the double European champion, play appeasement and await the next legal developments after the accusations of domestic violence brought by the Olympic team champion of Tokyo against his ex-boyfriend.

>> The latest news from the Pinot-Schmitt affair

The athlete and his trainer took the battle out of the Bobigny court by going on social networks. First Margaux Pinot, Wednesday morning, posting the photo of her swollen face. Then Alain Schmitt with there also an image of his head adorned with a black eye and a large greenish bruise.

Then, each in turn, they delivered their version of the facts in front of the cameras and accompanied by their lawyers. The coming week will normally be much quieter. Master Rachid Madid, the new counsel of Margaux Pinot, recovered the file studied Tuesday evening at the 17th correctional chamber of Bobigny.

Both camps prepare for the call

The two camps are already preparing their angles of attack for the appeal which will take place in several months before the Paris Court of Appeal, which will retry the case on the merits. In the dead of night on Tuesday, the president of the court declared when it was time to release Alain Schmitt: “A court is never there to say who is telling the truth and who is lying. In this case we do not have enough evidence of guilt. Court acquits you. “

The reasons for this court decision should be released in the coming week, from Tuesday. It will then be easier to understand the release of Alain Schmitt pronounced at first instance. The moment that started the media storm. The athlete will resume his rights. On Saturday, the judo institute will host the “Champions League”, the European championship of judo clubs. France’s 2021 champion for women’s teams, the Etoile Sportive de Blanc-Mesnil should have ended up on the tatami with Margaux Pinot facing the best European armadas. The 93 club preferred to forfeit and send its athletes to the green in the Grenoble region.

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