Former FC Versailles (National) coach Youssef Chibhi, laid off in November 2022 by the football club, was sentenced on Wednesday in Nanterre to a suspended prison sentence for having filmed young women without their knowledge. Judged in appearance on prior admission of guilt, Youssef Chibhi was present during the approval by a judge of his sentence: eight months in prison accompanied by a probationary sentence for twenty-four months, with obligation of care. Youssef Chibhi, 41, was sentenced for “invasion of privacy” and for “recording or transmitting the image of a person of a sexual nature” between October 2020 and June 2022. The victims present at the hearing explained that they had been recruited by the ex-coach to take care of a cat for a few days in an apartment presented as that of a cousin.
Youssef Chibhi had hidden in this apartment, his own, several cameras and unwittingly captured images of at least seven young women, including two minors, sometimes naked or in their underwear. The judge mentioned Wednesday other unidentified victims According to our newspaper, the number of victims could rise to 70 over ten years, mostly women. FC Versailles had announced the layoff of the coach in November for “extra-sporting reasons”.
The club currently occupies 2nd place in the National ranking, the equivalent of the 3rd division. Under the direction of Youssef Chibhi, the club, then in the fourth division (N2), had achieved the feat of reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de France 2021-2022, eliminated by OGC Nice (2- 0). He had been Versailles coach since 2014.