Commission of inquiry into the failure of sports federations: Noël Le Graët will be heard on November 7

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2023-10-31 16:59:54

This was expected given the news of recent months and the events which led, last February, to his resignation. Events which were also, in part, at the origin of the establishment of this parliamentary commission of inquiry.

Next November 7, according to daily information The team that we confirm, the former president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noël Le Graët will be heard by the National Assembly as part of the commission of inquiry “relating to the identification of operating failures within the federations French sports organizations, the sports movement and governing bodies in the sporting world.

As a reminder, the former president of the FFF, replaced in his functions temporarily and then permanently by Philippe Diallo, was first dismissed then forced to resign after the outbreak of several scandals of assault and sexual harassment in football French and within the federation, some concerning him.

As part of this commission of inquiry, which has been working since the beginning of July to hear numerous personalities from the world of French sport accused or victims of acts of discrimination, harassment or others, Noël Le Graët will certainly be heard to respond of the accusations against him. The French football boss has the choice of requesting a closed session for this hearing, which he has not yet done and which the Assembly has the right to refuse him.

The coach Didier Deschamps must also appear before this parliamentary commission of inquiry this Thursday afternoon (2 p.m.), as well as Karim Benzema, who was the subject of a compulsory summons and whose hearing date does not is not yet finalized. Laurent Blanc, Patrick Vieira and Philippe Diallo were also heard.

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