The president of the French Football Federation, “withdraw” from his functions by his executive committee, had been targeted by a report for “sexist outrage” on the part of the General Inspectorate of Education, of the Sport and research.
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An investigation was opened Monday for “moral harassment” and “sexual harassment” targeting the president of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, announced the Paris prosecutor’s office on Tuesday, January 17. The investigations were entrusted to the brigade of delinquency repression against the person (BRDP).
A report of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) had been carried out on January 13.
The report for “sexist outrage” had been made to the public prosecutor of Paris after the testimony of Sonia Souid, agent of several French internationals, collected by listeners of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and research (gesr).
The agent Sonia Souid has publicly denounced, to the daily L’Equipe and on RMC, the behavior deemed sexist of the one who presides over the FFF since 2011.
“He said to me alone, in his apartment, very clearly, that if I wanted him to help me, I had to go to the pan,” she said. Evoking her past professional relationships with the boss of French football, she explains that she had the feeling “that each time, the only thing that interests her, and I apologize for speaking vulgarly, these are my two breasts and my ass “.
Noël Le Graët, under pressure for several days, was “withdrawn” from the presidency of the federation by the Executive Committee, gathered on January 11 in extraordinary session.