In “the kimono affair” which opposes Clarisse Agbégnénou to her Federation, the former Minister of Sports David Douillet had estimated that the decision of the French judoka was selfish: “If you want to get out of this system, you have to talk about it with the federation. You have to negotiate. But you cannot have taken advantage of the system throughout your progress and say once you are in the firmament: ‘I have a lot more money, I represent a lot more, let the others get by’.»
The Olympic champion of -63kg had answered on Twitter: «David Douillet allows himself to say a lot of insulting things about me, but this is not his first cavalier outing with regard to women.“David Douillet defended himself this Saturday for having made insulting remarks towards the tricolor champion Clarisse Agbégnénou. “At no time do I insult anyone and I do not make sexist or deviant comments, he says in the Sports Big Mouths on RMC. I simply stated facts and would have said the same for anyone. It disappointed me a lot because she is a great champion, I love what she does.»