The pillar of the XV of France of rugby Mohamed Haouas was sentenced to one year in prison Tuesday in Montpellier for domestic violence, but without continued detention. The criminal court did not follow the prosecutor, who had requested a total of 18 months with a warrant of committal and therefore continued detention against the MHR player, tried for hitting his wife on Friday, after he saw her smoking a cigarette in front of the shopping center where she works.
On Thursday, several media outlets broadcast CCTV footage showing the assault on Mohamed Haouas' wife. His lawyer Marc Gallix issued a statement, obtained by Le Figaro, in which he strongly deplores the dissemination of these images. "The defense of Mohamed Haouas discovers with astonishment that the CCTV images of the Polygone shopping center in Montpellier were broadcast in the media. This situation is unacceptable and the transmission of this video to the press is a serious invasion of the privacy of the Haouas spouses who reserve the right to initiate legal
proceedings against the author or authors of this leak, "he said.
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And the lawyer continues: "Mohamed Haouas was tried for these facts that he never contested, the decision of the Criminal Court
of Montpellier was accepted by all parties, and images and emotions must never replace the debates that have already taken place in the judicial precinct. The rest is now a matter of the couple's private life, and we ask that this fundamental right be respected."