The former coach of the France team was heard on Thursday by the police as a witness, and denounced a “media destabilization operation” through the voice of her lawyer.
The former French coach Corinne Deacon, heard Thursday by the police as a witness in the case of the attack on Kheira Hamraoui, emerged from her hearing “shocked” by telephone tapping which confirms a “media destabilization operation meticulously implemented”said Friday, March 31, his lawyer.
The former boss of the France team (2017-2023), dismissed from her post after the defection of several players, was heard Thursday by the judicial police services of Versailles, told AFP Me Christophe Ayela . The information, revealed by the JDD, was confirmed by the parquet floor of Versailles.
“Particularly shocking” content
On this occasion, “it took note of numerous elements communicated by the investigators – resulting, for the most part, from transcriptions of telephone tapping – the content of which, particularly shocking, came to confirm without ambiguity the existence of a media destabilization operation meticulously carried out up against him“, affirms Me Ayela in a press release.
“Faced with several comments made about her, Corinne Deacon could not hide her disgust. “, he writes again. The 48-year-old technician, “shocked” by these revelations, “reserves the right to lodge a complaint and to constitute a civil party”let his advice be known.
Deacon found herself indirectly linked to the case of Hamraoui’s aggression after recalling the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder to the France team, violently attacked in November 2021 by two individuals during an ambush.
The case had visible repercussions in the France team, in particular due to the strong resentment developed by several internationals, including Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani, against Hamraoui. They accuse her of having directed the investigators to Aminata Diallo, ex-teammate at PSG, suspected of being the sponsor of the attack and indicted in this case.
Deacon was dropped from the France team after the withdrawal of Katoto, Diani and captain Wendie Renard, critics of her management. Negotiations around a financial transaction are currently continuing between Deacon and the federation which, on Thursday, appointed Hervé Renard to succeed him.