2023-08-31 19:58:00
The former figure skater, world champion and current coach in Poitiers, is the target of several investigations for “acts of violence”, reveals “L’Obs”.
Laureline Chatriot, for Le Point Former figure skater Brian Joubert, world champion and current coach in Poitiers, is the target of several investigations for “acts of violence”. © TORU YAMANAKA / AFP Published on 08/31/2023 at 7:58 p.m.
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Brian Joubert finds himself plunged into turmoil, after several reports for “acts of violence”, revealed by the magazine The Obs. The facts alleged against the 2007 world figure skating champion allegedly occurred in his club, in Poitiers, where he is a coach. An administrative inquiry as well as a judicial inquiry should shed light on the charges against him. The facts were revealed by Gwenaëlle Noury, the president of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG), who indicated that a disciplinary commission had been seized on August 29.
Among the facts that must be verified by the courts, a relationship between the skater and a minor skater, trained by the respondent, are at the heart of the investigation. Parents of young members of the club would have reported the facts. “I never crossed this limit,” replied Brian Joubert, rejecting the accusations.
“Knowing when you are overstepping your bounds”
“I’m not saying I’m perfect, but I’m doing my best,” defended Brian Joubert to the magazine The Obs. “It’s hard to know when you’re going over the limit today. The skater defended himself by advancing in turn inappropriate behavior on the part of certain parents and their children, accusing them of insulting him.
These accusations come on top of other accusations of sexual violence that have troubled the world of figure skating since 2020, when skater Sarah Abitbol denounced violence by coaches against former skaters.
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