Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday April 06, 2022 at 11:04 am
Relaxed at first instance, judo trainer Alain Schmitt, accused of domestic violence by his ex-girlfriend, judoka Margaux Pinot, is on appeal from Friday in Paris.
What really happened between Alain Schmitt and his ex-girlfriend Margaux Pinot on the night of November 28, 2021? The appeal trial of the judo coach, acquitted of the facts of domestic violence in the first instance by the court of Bobigny, begins Friday in Paris. The case had created a stir, especially following the publication on Twitter of a photo of the Olympic team champion from Tokyo, her face swollen. “I was attacked at my home by my partner and trainer. I was insulted, punched, my head was knocked on the ground several times. And finally strangled. I believed die, I managed to flee to take refuge with my neighbors who immediately called the police,” wrote the now 28-year-old. Roxana Maracineanu, the Minister of Sports, had come to the defense of the judokate, just like Teddy Riner.
Schmitt was quick to counterattack, defending himself in the media when he too had bruises and other signs of injury. “My client acknowledges that, in the context of an argument, the couple bumped into the walls, fell to the ground, crumpled up … He says he just defended himself. But he categorically denies having kicked“, declared his lawyer to Liberation. An argument heard by the Bobigny court, which considered that the evidence against Schmitt was insufficient. , “approaches Friday’s hearing extremely calmly, he is very confident and calm”, assures his adviser Caroline Wassermann to AFP, adding that the 38-year-old ex-judoka “has never changed his speech” since the case broke.
