The parents of the young player who disappeared at sea in August 2024 hope that the criminal justice system will punish “the authors and accomplices of the death” of their son.
Seized last June by Jalil and Valérie Narjissi, the parents of Medhi, who disappeared at sea on August 7, 2024 in South Africa during a training course for the French U18 team, the Ethics Committee of the French Rugby Federation finally delivered its conclusions this Tuesday.
Considering that this tragedy took place in a “particularly complex and troubled context, resulting from the concomitance of the succession to the former management team and current events” more than “the shortcomings analyzed” and criticized by the FFR and its president Florian Grill, did not justify referral to a disciplinary body.
Medhi’s death occurred 14 months after the arrival of new governance at the head of the FFR
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This refusal shocks the Narjissi family, which expressed itself via a press release. “The opinion rendered does not fail to surprise, considering that the errors committed by the FFR did not justify referral to the disciplinary body invoking the ‘transition’ of the management team and current events. It will be recalled that Medhi’s death occurred 14 months after the arrival of new governance at the head of the FFR without us clearly understanding the link between his tragic death and the governance of the FFR: past, current or future.
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“The Narjissi family expresses its deep incomprehension in the face of an opinion issued by an FFR committee which looks more like an institutional shield for its members and leaders than a clear desire to seek the truth in the causes of Medhi’s death. We now hope that criminal justice will take place and properly sanction the authors and accomplices of Medhi’s death.
