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Paris Saint-Germain in the crosshairs of French justice. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
The Paris prosecutor's office opened Monday an investigation against the PSG, including "discrimination based on origin, ethnicity or nationality," after the revelations on the case of ethnic registration club. This investigation, opened Friday, was entrusted to the Brigade of repression of the crime against the person (BRDP).
The investigation also covers matters relating to the " processing of personal data without authorization ", " recording or storage of personal data directly or indirectly revealing racial or ethnic origins " and " collection of personal data by fraudulent means, unfair or unlawful ", according to this source.
A group of European media, including Mediapart and Special Envoy in France, revealed on 8 November that from 2013 to the spring of 2018, the PSG recruitment cell had mentioned ethnic criteria in its assessment cards of young players, classified as " French "," Maghrebian "," West Indian "," African ".
The club did not find a " proven case of discrimination "
PSG had argued for his defense that ethnic registration within it had been the result of a " personal initiative of the person in charge " of the " recruitment cell of the training center, dedicated to the territories outside Ile-de-France ". Or Marc Westerloppe, left at the beginning of the calendar year in Rennes (west). But the daily L'Equipe has produced a document according to which ethnic criteria also appear on cards from the cell Ile-de-France.
The PSG, which handed Thursday its internal investigation to the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu, assured that there was " no proven case of discrimination ", despite the existence of ethnic registration, and announced "Measures to strengthen ethical practices" within it.
( With AFP )