Didier Gailhaguet continues to defend himself. The former president of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG), forced to resign by the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu following revelations of sexual violence in skating, decided to seize the Defender of the rights Claire Hedon, who takes up his post this Friday to replace Jacques Toubon.
The former boss of the FFSG relies for this on the recent statements of President Emmaneul Macron about the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, targeted by an investigation for rape and whose appointment is criticized. "As true as I believe in the strength of just causes, no cause is defended precisely if it is done by flouting the fundamental principles of our democracy. If someone is accused but not tried, he becomes the victim of a street judgment because there is emotion, said the president during his televised address on July 14. I am also from there where I stand, the guarantor of the presumption of innocence. "
" Two weights, two measures "
“It is thus surprising to note that these principles would be valid for a minister accused of rape and not for the president of a federation supposed to be independent of the State and who would be criticized for his supposed lack of reaction following revelations of violence without prior investigation and without complaint filed ”, thus expose the lawyers of Didier Gailhaguet, Me William Bourdon and Me Vincent Brengarth, in the Team . They add that their client would therefore be the victim of a double standard.
In June Didier Gailhaguet said he was suing the Ministry of Sports, to which he claims some 300,000 euros in compensation for having treated him as a "scapegoat". A procedure launched before the administrative court of Paris, after having been the subject of a dismissal from the ministry.
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Sexual violence in skating: Gailhaguet "consciously decided to resign", answers the ministry
- Sexual violence
- Roxana Maracineanu
- Skating
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- Defender of rights