• Gaël Pelletier, the president of HBC Nantes, would have made homophobic remarks against the referees, after the match between his team in Limoges.

  • The Nantes president refutes this accusation, but regrets his behavior after the match.

Dirty evening for Gaël Pelletier, president of HBC Nantes, during the match between his team in Limoges, last Friday.

While his team lost at home (27-29) to everyone's surprise, the president of the Nantes handball club wanted to explain himself to the referees Mathieu and Mathias Pajot after the match, believing that the latter had "Not been at the level".

But now, the president did not manage to reach them, pushed back by the security personnel, causing him a stroke of blood.

“There may have been a few bird names that weren't appropriate.

But in any case, homophobic remarks ", assures the president of" H "two days after the facts.

A criminal complaint?

The beIN Sports channel returned to this altercation on Saturday, ahead of the match between Nîmes and PSG, for the 5th day of Starligue, announcing that the referees had notified in their post-match report homophobic remarks made by Gaël Pelletier, that the latter "refutes with force."

Asked about the channel, the national director of refereeing, François Garcia, in remarks taken up by

Ouest France

, indicated "that the referees of the meeting wanted to be very marked.

The president's intrusion is a mistake.

Some very unpleasant things happened in the changing room corridor.

For the moment, the National Handball League has remained silent on the subject.

But the National Arbitration Commission reserves “the right to lodge a criminal complaint.

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Homophobic remarks would have been made last night by the President of the Nantes club against the referees of the match @HBCNantes / @LimogesHandball other insults and physical threats also


We will talk about it from 7:45 pm on beIN3️⃣ before


@USAMNIMESGARD / @psghand

- Thomas Ferro Villechaize (@TomVillechaize) October 9, 2021

"It's a question of honor"

In the turmoil, Gaël Pelletier “regrets” his “nervousness” of last Friday.

“These are not my values.

Homophobia in all its forms has no place at HBC Nantes, in sport and in society ”.

He does not exclude him either from having recourse to justice in the face of comments he considers "defamatory".

A difficult fight that is about to play the club president: "It's a question of honor", according to him.

For the moment, no official communication has been sent to HBC Nantes, the club and its president indicate that they are "at the disposal of the competent bodies and authorities within the framework of a future investigation".

For their part, the National Arbitration Commission and the Federation should decide on Monday what to do with this case.

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