It was shortly after 2:30 p.m. when the tragedy occurred.
The only witness says he saw a man climb on the parapet that borders one side of the old Sully barracks, disused, in the grounds of Parc Saint-Cloud.
Either away from the most frequented areas, along the A 13 motorway. The witness, a cyclist, then sees Christophe Dominici throw himself into the void.
A fatal fall of about fifteen meters.
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Help arrived very quickly on the spot.
Samu can only note the death of the former winger of the XV of France, died instantly according to our information.
The police arrived shortly after on the scene, at the same time as Christophe Dominici's partner.
Too shocked, the witness could not give more details in the hours that followed.
Just like his partner, Loretta Denaro, in shock.
They were to be heard on Tuesday evening.
His partner arrives at the scene shortly after the death
According to information gathered by
Le Parisien
, she had gone looking for him, worried not to see him return from a walk.
She was heading towards the building site of the house that the couple and their two daughters, Chiara and Mya, are being built near the Saint-Cloud park when she was stopped by the presence of emergency services.
An investigation was opened by the Nanterre prosecutor's office for "research into the causes of death" to ensure that a third party was not present on the parapet.
Auditions should help determine whether the fall was intentional or unintentional.
But the suicide thesis is privileged.
Christophe Dominici had not hidden, in his autobiography published in 2007 ('' Bleus to the soul ''), suffering from episodes of depression and having already, in the past, thought of taking his own life.
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Several relatives told us that he had very badly experienced the abortive takeover, last July, of the Béziers club.
He was also particularly affected by the mocking comments that appeared on social networks during this failure.
Christophe Dominici's body was transported to the Garches forensic institute where an autopsy will be performed on Wednesday, as well as toxicological analyzes.
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