Eric Abidal having "
confessed to his wife to have an adulterous relationship with Madame Hamraoui
", "
Hayet Abidal will file a divorce petition in Barcelona
", announced his lawyer, Nicolas Cellupica, in a press release sent to AFP.
The player played for FC Barcelona during a period when he was the Catalan club's sporting director.
In the investigation into the violent assault suffered by Kheira Hamraoui on the evening of November 4 near Paris, investigators from the Versailles judicial police discovered, in the victim's phone, a chip in the name of Eric Abidal.
According to the press release from Hayet Abidal's lawyer, it is following this information that Eric Abidal would have "
confessed
" to his wife his relationship with Kheira Hamraoui.
Asked by AFP, the lawyer for the former player, Olivier Martin, said he would not make "
any comment at this stage
".
The Frenchman could soon be questioned, as well as his wife, as part of a judicial investigation opened Monday and entrusted to an investigating judge at Versailles.
"
Taken to task, despite herself, in the Hamraoui affair
", Hayet Abidal "
hopes to wash away his honor and his reputation tarnished by rumor and reiterates his wish to be heard very quickly on a case which has already made several collateral victims ,
”Continued the press release from his lawyer, Me Cellupica.
Tuesday, his client had assured to have "
nothing to do with these facts
".
Contacted, Kheira Hamraoui's lawyer did not respond immediately.
On the evening of November 4, Kheira Hamraoui had been violently assaulted, beaten on the legs in "
an undisguised desire to harm her professional career
", according to her.
Her teammate Aminata Diallo, at the wheel of the car during the attack, had spent nearly two days in police custody, on November 10 and 11, then released without a charge against her.
The case had deeply shaken the women's section of PSG, severely beaten Sunday night by Lyon (6-1).
The coach of the France team Corinne Deacon spoke on Thursday of a "
trauma
" for the player and a group "
affected
" by this aggression.