Last Tuesday, Antoine Battut, member of the Aviron bayonnais staff in charge of the key, was placed in police custody after hitting a nurse in the emergency room of the Aguilera clinic.
The former captain of the Basque club acknowledged the facts and apologized on Twitter.
Released under judicial supervision at the end of his police custody, on Wednesday, he will be tried in the Bayonne court on February 23 for "
violence in meetings on people responsible for public service missions
".
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It remained to be seen what the position of the leaders of Aviron bayonnais would be.
Asked by Sud Ouest, the president of Aviron bayonnais revealed that Antoine Battut was on “
sick leave
”.
And that the penalty would be minimal.
“
We do not endorse his actions but we will remain in solidarity with our employee, confided Philippe Tayeb to the regional daily.
Antoine is still part of the staff, he is still at Aviron Bayonnais.
He will miss the first two matches and will return - normally - afterwards.
»
“I know he is very affected.
He struggles to explain what happened.
»
Philippe Tayeb
The manager also spoke about the current state of his technician.
“
Having had him several times, I know he is very affected.
He finds it difficult to explain what happened…
” Antoine Battut will therefore miss the first two days of the Top 14, the promoted moving to Toulon on Saturday before receiving Racing 92.