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Cycling: one year of house arrest for Bernard Sainz, the "Dr Mabuse" of the peloton

2022-01-17T16:24:44.330Z


Mr. Sainz was prosecuted for acts of “illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy” and “aiding or inciting the use of prohibited substances or methods”.


The "

naturopath

" Bernard Sainz, alias "

Doctor Mabuse

" of cycling, was sentenced Monday to one year of house arrest under electronic surveillance for illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy and "

aiding or inciting

" doping.

Bernard Sainz, "

disappointed

" by the decision of the Paris Criminal Court, announced his intention to appeal.

During his trial, at the end of November, the prosecution had requested two years in prison and a 30,000 euro fine against him. His lawyer, Me Hector Bernardini, considered that it was "

a judgment of Solomon

", "

satisfactory for no one

". Although he "

understands

" the offense of illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy held against his client, he has denounced a doping offense which, according to him, "

is only based on speculation and interpretations

”. “

There is no seizure of doping products in this file

,” he pointed out.

Regarding the illegal practice of medicine, "

my skills in naturopathy had been recognized, which allowed a certain number of patients to regain perfect health in the continuity of the failure of traditional medicine, so I am disappointed to to be condemned for having served the cause of the patients by giving them full health

, ”said Mr. Sainz.

I am appealing so the sanction is not final

,” he said, indicating that he was ready to go to cassation if necessary.

“I am sentenced to reparations from the civil parties when it is well known that I do not have the necessary money to be able to contribute to it.

»

Bernard Sainz

Mr. Sainz was also sentenced to a five-year ban from professions in connection with the health and sports sector. He must also pay fines totaling 41,500 euros to the French Cycling Federation (FFC), the Order of Physicians and the Order of Pharmacists. “

They seized all my property, I do not have this money. I am sentenced to reparations from the civil parties when it is well known that I do not have the necessary money to be able to contribute to it

, ”said Mr. Sainz.

Our satisfaction is very relative because we have known it for 30 years, it has been raging for 30 years, it has damaged the sport of cycling for 30 years, it has incited for 30 years, helps, facilitates young or less young to dope. So the damage is done, it is irreversible

, ”said Me Paul Mauriac, lawyer for the FFC, civil party in the trial. "

It is still extraordinary that (Mr. Sainz) is surprised or even indignant that he is finally forbidden to carry out any activity having a direct link with medicine

", added the lawyer.

Former amateur cyclist, present in the world of cycling since he joined the Gan Mercier team as assistant sports director, Bernard Sainz, 78, has long maintained the reputation of a guru constantly flirting with the limits but taking advantage of his good relations in the peloton. He was prosecuted for acts of "

illegal practice of medicine and pharmacy

" and "

aiding or inciting the use of prohibited substances or methods in the context of sporting events

" and this in a state of recidivism, between 2013 and 2017.

Another defendant, Loïc Herbreteau, 45, former French amateur cyclist champion, was sentenced to three months in prison suspended and 2,000 euros in fines for having put athletes in touch with Mr. Sainz. A third defendant, former actor Pierre-Marie Carlier, 56, tried for having put his son Alexis, a semi-professional cyclist, in contact with Bernard Sainz "

in order to improve his sports performance

" was sentenced to a fine of 2,000 euros suspended.

Bernard Sainz's legal troubles are nothing new.

He was sentenced in 2014 on appeal in Paris to two years in prison, including twenty months suspended, in particular for incitement to doping and illegal practice of medicine, in a case which had splashed the cycling world in the 1990s. In February 2019 , the Caen Court of Appeal imposed a 12-month suspended prison sentence on him and a fine of 2,000 euros in another case in the semi-pro and amateur cycling community.

Source: lefigaro

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