The judokate Margaux Pinot, who denounced on Wednesday December 1 on Twitter the release of her companion Alain Schmitt following alleged acts of domestic violence, received the support of many personalities of judo on social networks. In a message posted by several of its members (Alexandre Iddir, Axel Clerget) in Instagram story, the French judo team supported Margaux Pinot, herself a team gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
“We are all deeply touched by what our teammate Margaux Pinot has just suffered and we give her all our support. What must be done so that the victims are heard? That the attackers are convicted? Every day, women, children, or the most deprived face violence, whether physical or moral. It is intolerable, unacceptable. Let us encourage this fight to become a priority, that the victims are better supported and better protected. a matter of life and death. “
“I do not have the words to express everything that is going on in my head and my body as a woman in the face of what my teammate Margaux Pinot has undergone “, also indicated on Twitter Clarisse Agbégnénou, Olympic champion of less than 63 kilos in Tokyo.
I do not have the words to express everything that is going on in my head and my body as a woman in the face of what my teammate Margaux Pinot has gone through.
All the more shocked by the court’s decision. What does it take for the sanctions to fall, death? https://t.co/gITdlNxmLs– AGBÉGNÉNOU Clarisse (@ Gnougnou25) December 1, 2021
Judged in immediate appearance Tuesday evening by the court of Bobigny, Alain Schmitt was released for lack of “evidence of guilt” sufficient. This court decision caused a reaction, while Margaux Pinot posted photos of her injuries on Twitter. “Relaxed you said? Lack of evidence you said? […] What is justice waiting for to crack down? “, tweeted virulently Amandine Buchard, silver medalist under 52 kilos in Tokyo.
Relaxed you said?
Lack of evidence you said?
So much campaign against violence against women for that?
Today it’s sad to say it but as long as there is no death at the end it’s still 50/50
What awaits justice to crack down … To punish. pic.twitter.com/R14vwdm9gh– Amandine Buchard OLY (@BubucheOfficiel) December 1, 2021
Autumn Pavia, bronze medalist at the London Olympics, challenged the Twitter accounts of Emmanuel Macron, Roxana Maracineanu and Marlène Schiappa. Her message was followed by the keyword #margauxjetecrois, also taken up by Fanny-Estelle Posvite, bronze medalist at the last European Championships.
@EmmanuelMacron @RoxaMaracineanu @MarleneSchiappa
But that she loathes… it is not possible! Margaux, we support you. Thought of all these women who are subjected to this violence. The sanction must come before death! https://t.co/QnBe3koWNW– Autumn Pavia (@AutomnePavia) December 1, 2021
On the same wavelength, Teddy Riner, double Olympic champion over 100 kilos, also blasted this decision. “What must be done so that the victims are heard?”, lamented the 32-year-old judoka.
The president of the French Judo Federation, Stéphane Nomis, also reacted to AFP: “We did not understand and we were stunned, we took a knockout by the decision. It’s been a day that I ‘ try to understand. I don’t understand how you can say that there is an absence of evidence. I don’t have the whole file, but when you see her condition, I find it hard to understand that someone can to say absence of proof. For the common people, absence of proof by seeing the face of Margaux, it is incomprehensible. (…) We will obviously be very, very attentive to the final decision, it will have our support , opinion is with it, the federation is with it. “
