Judo: Alain Schmitt becomes the national coach of Bulgaria

It's a new start for Alain Schmitt.

Involved in a case of domestic violence with a complaint filed by his ex-girlfriend, the judoka Margaux Pinot, the coach of Blanc-Mesnil will become the boss of the national teams of Bulgaria, the male and female selections.

It is his lawyer, Maître Caroline Wassermann, who has just announced it: "While Madame Margaux Pinot tried to pass herself off as a victim and spread herself in the press trying to discredit the decision of Justice which had released my client Alain Schmitt, this one has just signed this [Monday] morning a contract with Bulgaria which appoints him coach of the national judo team.

He will train all Bulgarian judokas (all categories) for the Olympic Games.

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Before the events that took place on the night of November 27 to 28, Alain Schmitt should have flown the next day to Israel where a coaching position for the Israeli national team awaited him.

Placed in police custody a few moments after the fact, he was both the trainer of Margaux Pinot but also his companion.

He was acquitted of the acts of violence against a spouse by the Bobigny criminal court.

The prosecution appealed this decision.

"He calmly continues his work as a high-level judo coach"

“He is always very calm.

He is happy to carry out his contract and had a very warm welcome from the Bulgarians.

He is completely calm for his summons to the Court of Appeal.

Proof that, despite this affair, he calmly continues his work as a high-level judo coach.

He is indifferent to the media posturing of Margaux Pinot.

He is no longer going to Israel because he has found a more interesting contract than the contract with the Israeli women's team”.

Pinot/Schmitt case: for Margaux Pinot's lawyer, "all the elements should have led to a conviction" pic.twitter.com/SKuI5eVnu6

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For her part, Margaux Pinot has also returned to the path of the tatami mats and even won the Grand Slam in Paris on February 6.

“It feels good because I was feeling.

When I don't think about my judo, it passes more easily than in other competitions.

I was a little at the bottom of the hole these last months and I wanted to thank the people who pulled me up, who were present.

My new sponsor who contacted me to get me out of there a little, my parents and the few friends who were present, ”she said after her victory.