The Olympic champion accuses his companion and former coach to have assane him, pulled his hair and tried to strangle him on the night from Saturday to Sunday.
Le Monde with AFP
Bobigny’s parquet served on Wednesday 1 December of Judo Alain Schmitt’s relaxation about facts of violence on his companion, the Margaux Pinot Olympic champion, this Weekend in Seine-Saint-Denis. Believing that he had “not enough evidence of guilt”, the Correctional Court of Bobigny had relaxed Alain Schmitt, after an immediate appearance hearing, in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
At the trial, the public prosecutor had denounced “very serious violence, even for a primo-delinquent”, and required one year of suspended prison against Alain Schmitt. In a support message to his team team of France, the female star of Judo French Clarisse Agbegnenou said “shocked” by the court decision.
“I do not have the words to express everything that happens in my head and my body as a woman facing what my teammate Margaux Pinot has suffered, Tweeted the one that was a flag carrier of the French delegation to the Tokyo Olympics. “We are all deeply touched by what has just been undergoed by our Margaux Pinot teammate”, said a few minutes later The Triple Olympic Champion Teddy Riner.
” What did he miss? Death at the end, perhaps? “
Alain Schmitt, 38, was arrested in a state of drunkenness on Saturday to Sunday at Blanc-Mesnil, a few hours before his departure planned for Israel, where it is expected to take the reins of the female selection . Margaux Pinot, 27, accuses his companion and ex-coach within the Club The Etoile Sportive Blanc-Mesnil to have assane him, fired the hair and tried to strangle him in his apartment.
His calls for help have alerted some neighbors, at whom she has found shelter before the arrival of the police, around 2:30 am. Suffering from bruising and a fracture on the nose, she was prescribed ten days temporary workplace (ITT).
Wednesday afternoon, judoka, gold medalist in Tokyo with the team of France, expressed for the first time on social networks since the beginning of the case to express indignation. “What is their slanderous defense against my wounds, and the blood robbing the floor of my apartment? What did he miss? Death at the end, perhaps?” She insurgered by publishing a photo of His tiled face. “It’s probably the judo who saved me,” she added.
A fight like a “tornado”, according to Alain Schmitt
The hearing on Tuesday in Bobigny, had been marked by contradictory versions. Having also a bruised face, Alain Schmitt challenged “100%” the facts that were reproached to him. At the helm, he denied having wearing his companion, describing a fight between lovers as a “tornado”, based on judo and triggered by Margaux Pinot. “It was not a judo fight, it was pungent,” said Judoka at the bar.
Contacted by the France-Press agency (AFP), Alain Schmitt’s lawyer, Caroline Wassermann, said that his client welcomed with “serenity” the call of the floor. “This is not that the decision of the Court [appeal] will not be similar to the first instance decision,” she said.
The individual record of Margaux Pinot, who fought in two categories (less than 63 and less than 70 kilos), includes a world bronze medal in 2019, two titles of Europe Champion (2019 and 2020) and Two continental silver medals (2017, 2021).
Bronze medalist in the 2013 Worlds (less than 81 kilos), Alain Schmitt told the Tribunal considering his departure for Israel as a “real change of life” after six years as coach in Blanc-Mesnil where he also trained Madeleine Malonga. He must fly for the Near East in the coming days.