In a press release, the opponent of Bernard Laporte in the election to the presidency of the FFR responds to the recent attacks by the boss of the FFR who accuses him and the League (professional rugby chaired by Paul Goze) of being at the origin of the timing his recent police custody, ten days before the verdict of the polls, on October 3.
“Victimizing himself and arguing for a“ conspiracy ”that his own lawyer challenges, Bernard Laporte accuses me of manipulating justice, the press and the CAC 40 at the same time.
As already mentioned, I will not answer instead of the official authorities defamed by such remarks, poses immediately Florian Grill.
My priority remains to protect rugby, the FFR and the clubs by avoiding talking about cases which are the sole responsibility of justice, which do not concern the clubs and which do not concern me in any way.
Pending the decisions of investigators and judges, the presumption of innocence exists and must be respected.
To say bad things about rugby people is to hurt rugby.
(…) I regret that he prefers aggression from the back or through the media, to the courage of face to face debate, calm and argued ”.
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