French soccer president targeted by reproductive harassment probe

French soccer president targeted by reproductive harassment probe

PARIS (AP) ” French soccer federation president Noël Le Graët is under investigation for reproductive harassment accompanied by every one one other accompanied by ethicalsocial harassment, the Paris prosecutor™s office said Tuesday.

In a message to The Associated Press, the prosecutor™s office said the investigation was opened Monday following a report by the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Research. It will exist carried not here by a exceptional police part dedicated to crimes opposed to individuals.

The investigation was launched following sports agent Sonia Souid accused Le Graët of improper behaviour over some years, saying he only was attentive inside her sexually. Souid said inside an gathering accompanied by L™Equipe sports done every one one day that Le Graët repeatedly tried to approach her from 2013-17.

The 81-year-old Le Graët agreed last week to step spine from his duties while president of the federation following an crisis administrative committee gathering into his behavior.

Le Graët has faced some claims of reproductive harassment accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the soccer federation is the mark of an investigation ordered by French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.

Le Graët, who has excessively been criticized this month for a perceived disrespect inside the way of France soccer great Zinédine Zidane, has agreed to step away from his small portion until the audit™s findings have been completely reviewed by the administrative committee, probable by the extremity of January. Until then, he is actuality replaced inside an interim small portion by federation vice president Philippe Diallo.

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Oudéa-Castéra ordered an investigation into the federation inside September following the body said it would file a defamation legal deed opposed to So Foot magazine, which reported that Le Graët allegedly harassed some feminine employees.

The French magazine published a six-page investigation quoting anonymous former accompanied by every one one other accompanied by contemporaneous employees, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by inappropriate text messages that Le Graët allegedly sent to the women.

Le Graët was re-elected to a four-year word last March. He is currently a candidate for another four-year word on the FIFA Council, the international soccer body™s decision-making committee.

Souid, who said she earliest met Le Graët inside 2013, told L™Equipe that he texted her to inquire her not here or tell her he missed her. Souid said he never went excessively a lengthy way verbally nevertheless made understandable she should have reproductive intercourse accompanied by him to go her ideas forward.

He never looked at me exist fond of an agent nevertheless exist fond of a small part of candy, Souid said.

Souid said she was exist sore by Le Graët™s point of view accompanied by every one one other accompanied by that she idea concerning extremity her career while an agent. Asked whether Le Graët helped her professionally at some point, Souid said he helped her find the phone number of bus Corinne Diacre accompanied by every one one other accompanied by that he tried to assist her accompanied by labour class flat external outside tickets for France player Amandine Henry.

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