It’s a relieved, vengeful and offensive Le Graët Christmas, “a little angry” who received West France in its Guingamp offices this Tuesday morning.
A few days ago, as revealed by The World et The Team On Sunday, the former boss of the French Football Federation saw the Paris prosecutor's office dismiss the investigation for “moral and sexual harassment” which concerned him. It was opened in January 2023 and led to the Breton leader's resignation at the end of February of the same year. “This case should never have existed”he says. A ” affair “ which he also describes as “cabal” organized by the former Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, with whom he settles his scores. He also throws arrows at Philippe Diallo, his successor at the FFF, and Florence Hardouin, his former general director who had filed a complaint against him, before later withdrawing it. Interview.
“This case should never have existed”
What is your reaction after the investigation was closed?
I'm relieved. I went before the police and the courts made a definitive decision. This case should never have existed, there is nothing. I still don't know how it could have happened. I must have been naive, I don't know. I'm relieved, but also a little angry.
Why and who are you angry with?
I have the impression of having been betrayed by a general director (Florence Hardouin who has since left the FFF), which seems improbable to me. I still don't understand how she could have harmed me. I had a good esteem for her. On January 1, 2023, she sends me fantastic wishes: “Christmas, take good care of yourself and your family. Take good care of yourself, we need you. » On January 3, she filed a complaint. Then she secretly met the minister (on January 9, according to The World). All this did not fall from the sky.
The minister (former Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra) led a cabal against me. I don't even know how this could have been put together. This should never have gone this far, ever. The procedure was very long. For 18 months, I was not well, combined with health problems (he suffers from cancer). I could no longer express myself, anywhere, on anything, until the court decision was made.
“There were organized leaks”
Have you made any inappropriate gestures, words or behaviors?
Forgive me, but you are not in court, you are a journalist. I tell you that I am completely cleared.
There was the interview with agent Sonia Souid, in January 2023, which directly implicated you.
But that's the past. The courts ruled that everything was false and that I did nothing reprehensible. I won, justice has been done.
Do you regret actions or things?
May the procedure take so long. There was an administrative investigation which completely targeted me, and where there were organized leaks. This is not happening, the press should never have known about it. She (Amélie Oudéa-Castéra) had the good idea, so much the better, to put me in court. Fortunately there was a serious investigation carried out by the gendarmes, this article 40, because otherwise we would have remained with gossip, rumors, invented things. I didn't send a text message, no one found any. I did not do all the ignominies that were in the administrative report. Fortunately there were the police, even if it was unpleasant for me, but also unpleasant for my friends, who were questioned in a way that was sometimes a little harsh.
“I didn’t send a text message, no one found any”
What triggered this investigation and your resignation? The investigation of SoFootyour relationship with Amélie Oudéa-Castéra…
(He cuts). It's mainly this: my relationship with the minister, which was not good. She didn't like me very much and I reciprocated that, period. I did not appreciate her behavior in Qatar, where she was omnipresent, wanted to be in front of the victories. Was she the one who scored the goals, she was the one who motivated the players? I told her quite strongly that she no longer comes to see the players without my authorization.
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