Social networks – The Frenchwoman received more than 300 hateful messages after a defeat in August in Peru
French tennis player Alice Tubello filed a complaint in Paris on Friday for cyberbullying by sports bettors, after receiving more than 300 hateful messages after a defeat in Peru in August. Her complaint was also filed for identity theft: a fake Facebook page, now closed, was attributed to her and presented her father as a pedophile.
The 219th world player, aged 23, participated in the tennis tournament in Arequipa, Peru, in August, where she lost to the Peruvian Dana Guzman. This defeat triggered a wave of hatred towards her from sports bettors, she denounced first on her social networks, then in a complaint filed by her lawyers, Robin Binsard and Julien Desmolin, with the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“I’ve even had punters come behind the fence of my land.”
Alice Tubello castigates “recurring abuses with sports betting, sponsors of the World Tennis Organization”. “Whether it’s a victory or a defeat, every time after a match, I receive hateful messages”, she testified. “I’ve even had punters come behind the fence of my court”, she confides. “Security has increased at tournaments, but there is still this phenomenon (…) - 20minutes
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