The lawyers of the President of the FFF ask several pieces from the inspection mission, whose reports of anonymous testimonies accusing him of sexism and sexual harassment.
by Rémi Dupré
How did Christmas Le Graët react by browsing, Monday, January 30, the version of the provisional audit report of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) concerning him? Local of the affairs of the French Football Federation (FFF) since January 11, the president of the body had moderately appreciated the conclusions of the three inspectors responsible, from September 2022, by the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa- Castéra, to control “the management of the FFF and the respect of the obligations attached to it”.
In the version sent to the members of the FFF executive committee, of which MO12345lemonde has learned, the IGESR considered that “Mr. Le Graët no longer has the legitimacy necessary to administer and represent French football, given of his behavior towards women, his public statements and the failures of the governance of the FFF. “
This appreciation has brought the lawyers out of “NLG”, Florence Bourg and Thierry Marembert out of their hinges. “At this stage, this pre -report, whose bias is quite obvious, is not based on anything serious or convincing, it is enamelled with value judgments, of interpretations on the basis of anonymous testimonies whose we do not know the Contents “, estimates M e bourg.
” no serious element “
Like the councils of the director general Florence Hardouin, layoff on January 11 and under the threat of a dismissal for “serious misconduct”, the lawyers of Mr. Le Graët have until February 13 to send their observations in writing to the inspectors. The presentation of the final audit report to M me
é> oudéa-Castera is scheduled for February 15.
“In the state, with this pre -report, it is very difficult to defend yourself without having to know precisely the elements when the principle of the contradictory is supposed to guarantee each party the possibility of learning of the precise elements of the file to be Even to present his observations, develops M e bourg. There was no material for so much virulence. The positive elements were returned. This legitimacy trial which is made to Mr. Graët is not based on any serious element. There is a huge contrast between the virulence of words, comments and judgments for him and the absence of precise factual elements. “
His client has been targeted, since January 16, by a preliminary survey of the Paris prosecutor’s office for “moral and sexual harassment” following a report issued, three days earlier, by the inspection mission, in Virtue of article 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Declarations in the media and the hearing by the Igesr of the playful agent Sonia Souid helped to encourage inspectors to seize justice. Mr. Le Graët has also been accused by the entourage of her ex-DG, Florence Hardouin, of “acts of sexual and moral harassment for several years.”
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