Parliamentarians have issued seven reports against presidents of sports federations for possible false testimony before an investigative commission, six of which have already been received by the Paris prosecutor’s office, the prosecutor reported on Thursday.
These reports come from a commission of inquiry at the Assembly, which carried out for several months a series of hearings on the failures of the federations and on their responses to sexist and sexual violence, on the fight against racism or their financial management. These informants, received on the 26th of December, refer to a “false testimony under oath” and are “pendientes de attribution”, afirmó el fiscal, which confirmed the information of Le Monde.
The prosecutor’s office can now decide to open a criminal investigation or close it. Sabrina Sebaihi, environmental rapporteur of the parliamentary commission, also indicated that she had issued a seventh report addressed to Nadir Allouache, president of the French Federation of Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Associated Disciplines (FFKMDA). “There may be others, we are not done yet,” she added to AFP.
Gilles Moretton, president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), is especially in the spotlight for several of his statements on financial aspects. According to Le Monde, he is accused, among other things, of having stated that the “issue” of suspicions of corruption and misappropriation of public property hanging over him and in relation to the issuance of Roland-Garros tickets was “closed.” while a preliminary investigation was carried out. An investigation into this issue was opened in July 2023 by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF).
Five other leaders are suspected by the deputies of “not having reported acts of sexual and sexist violence of which (they) could have been aware,” the newspaper stated. These are Serge Lecompte, president of the French Equestrian Federation (FFE); Gwenaëlle Noury, president of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG); Jean-Luc Rougé, former director of the French Federation of Judo and associated disciplines (FFJDA) and actuto the general secretary of the International Judo Federation; Jean Lapeyre, legal director of the French Football Federation (FFF) and Fabien Canu, general director of the National Institute of Sport, Experience and Performance (Insep).
2024-01-04 20:06:54
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