Fritz Lee will be tried on June 16, at 8:30 am, for aggravated violence as part of an appearance on preliminary guilt (CRPC) for facts dating back to the night of October 19 to 20. After a victory against Vannes (55-33) at the Marcel-Michelin stadium, part of the Auvergne players, accompanied by their wives, ended up in a bar. The tone would be raised between Fritz Lee and the head of the establishment. The third-line center would have thrown a seat that would have fell on a waitress. “” The victim had the broken wrist, his ITT (total incapacity for work) is 30 days “Said the prosecutor of Clermont-Ferrand Dominique Puechmaille.
« I really reacted, recognizes Lee who had been placed in police custody for a few hours in early December. I threw a chair but I had not seen the waitress. I didn’t want to hurt her. It was an accident. People thought I was a very aggressive person but I am not. But when you make a bad decision, you must assume the consequences. I made a mistake and I want to apologize. It is not acceptable on my part. What is it likely? In absolute terms, up to five years in prison and 75,000 euros fine. “During the hearing in June, either we accept the sentence that is proposed, or we refuse it and in this case, we will explain ourselves later before the Criminal Court”said his lawyer Jean-Hubert Portejoie.
