According to information from France Info, Bruno Martini, current president of the National Handball League and former pillar of the France team, was arrested and placed in police custody on Monday January 24 for “corruption of minors” and ” recording of child pornography’. Double world champion in 1995 and 2001, the 52-year-old former Barjots goalkeeper was brought to court in Paris on Tuesday evening before being released for, according to the station, a probable appearance on recognition. prerequisite of guilt in the mode of “to plead guilty”. With this confession, justice could offer him a sentence less than that incurred, i.e. five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
Proposal to exchange intimate images
The complaint dates back to the summer of 2020. A 13-year-old teenager, accompanied by his mother, goes to a police station after being approached by a man on social networks, the latter offering to exchange photos and videos at sexual character. The man would even have invited him on a date, paying him a taxi. The teenager would have finally turned back at the last moment.
The investigation, which lasted more than two, made it possible to determine the identity behind the virtual pseudonym of the man, that of Bruno Martini. Faced with investigators, the former goalkeeper of the Blues admitted to having approached the teenager but assured that he thought the young boy was over 15, despite his very young face in the pictures. During the investigation, no other victim was found without being identified.