For the past few weeks, the French Football Federation has been in turmoil.
Ten days after the long investigation by So Foot magazine entitled “Sex, power, money… My federation is going to crack!
and revealing in particular possible acts of sexual harassment within the body, the FFF decided to file a complaint for defamation.
And she's not the only one.
General manager Florence Hardouin, confirmed to us, as reported by L'Équipe, that she has also decided to take legal action for defamation in her name against the monthly.
According to So Foot, the director general of the FFF, who is also accused, among other things, of her management, or the management of the PSE, of an internal audit and of certain files, would also have during the victorious World Cup in Russia crystallized a lot of criticism.
On his proximity to the Blues, his attitude during festive evenings.
For example, he is accused of having insisted with Grégory Dupont, physical trainer of the Blues, so that he drinks a glass of champagne, when he did not want to.
“She tanned it in front of everyone, like: “Go ahead, drink it, go, go!
It was very heavy.
He refused because he wanted to remain credible and set an example for the players, who were not happy, Paul Pogba in mind, because Dupont had just refused them a trip to town.
In addition,
they weren't allowed to drink beer at barbecues,” said a witness to the scene.
Some of her opponents say they have seen her several times drunk…
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An audit launched by the Minister of Sports
This week, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the Minister of Sports, summoned and received the President of the Federation and its Director General.
Before announcing in the wake of this meeting, launch an audit to elucidate these cases.
"The Minister told them that she was going to initiate a mission from the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) to audit and control the management of the Federation and compliance with the obligations that attach themselves to it.
Noël Le Graët has undertaken to transmit to this mission, in the most complete transparency, all the reports produced in the recent period on the FFF and in particular those relating to its governance and its management, "said the Ministry of Sports. in a press release.
On Friday, Norwegian media Josimar Football and French journalist Romain Molina also accused 3F and its executives of covering up several cases of sexual abuse and harassment of minors.
