A victim contradicts Didier Gailhaguet. Former skater Béatrice Dumur, who testified that she was raped by her former trainer Michel Lotz in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) in the 1980s, a week ago in L'Equipe, Friday claims to the sports daily to be "frightened" by the statements made about it by the president of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) at his press conference Wednesday.
The person concerned, who said he had discovered 90% of the facts by reading the testimonies of ex-sportswomen including that of Sarah Abitbol, spoke of his case to the media. “In April 2017, a club president, ten years later, seeing her alleged victim, Mrs. Dumur, told me in Brive (Corrèze) of the latter's despair, and that she did not wish to speak. No complaints filed. Again, ignorance of the facts. "
"He did not understand Beatrice's approach"
According to Béatrice Dumur, Didier Gailhaguet was informed of these accusations against Michel Lotz "since at least 2013". The Team says that one of its journalists, who had anonymously testified the former sportswoman at the time, contacted the owner of the French ice cream at the time. "I don't want to see the Federation associated with something negative," he replied.
A second witness corroborates the assertions of Béatrice Dumur. Sonia Decros, president of the Brive figure skating club, claims to have heard Gailhaguet spontaneously discuss her case at a meeting of the Limousin League on November 23, 2013. "He was surprised because he believed they were close and did not understand the Beatrice's approach to prescribed facts, ”she remembers.
Another former skater, Anne Bruneteaux, accused Michel Lotz of sexual assault. Contacted by L'Equipe, Didier Gailhaguet did not respond to the newspaper's requests. Cited by the president of the FFSG, the association "Colossus with feet of clay", which fights against pedophilia, accused him of lying. He said that his federation worked with it.