The president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) Bernard Laporte, withdrawn since mid-December, emerged free from police custody on Tuesday at the end of the day, without prosecution at this stage,
AFP
learned from one of his lawyers, confirmed by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF).
“
He left without any summons from the police, nor presentation to an examining magistrate
,” declared Me Jean-Pierre Versini-Campinchi.
“
It is a matter in which he finds himself implicated having been associated with rugby friends a long time ago.
He was neither accused of having defrauded nor of having received any sum
,” he added.
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