the FFF launches an investigation after the accusations of harassment of an ex-referee

by time news

2023-06-08 12:43:48

The French Football Federation (FFF) announced Thursday the launch of an internal investigation after accusations of “moral and sexual harassment” made by a former referee, currently federal coordinator of amateur arbitration. In the magazine So Foot, the former referee Nicolas Pottier, president of the district of Mayenne and in charge for the FFF of amateur arbitration, charges Thursday the system of arbitration in French football, between cronyism, “positive discrimination” and taboos on homosexuality. He announced in the magazine that he had filed a complaint on February 14 for “ sexual and moral harassment in the private and professional context “, and also for” rape against X “for facts dating back to May 2009 after a match he refereed. “The FFF is immediately carrying out, as an employer, an internal investigation entrusted to a specialized external firm, Alcens”, she announced in a press release, adding that she would be a civil party in the context of the legal proceedings at the following the rape complaint.

FFF logo on the facade of the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris. (Drawing). AFP/Archives

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