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Legal cases are multiplying on the side of AS Béziers. A second player was tried for domestic violence within a few weeks. In both cases, the attitude of the Bitterois manager raises questions.
Barely a month after Taleta Tupuola's conviction, it is Hans N'Kinsi's turn to take the stand for domestic violence. The French second line appeared this Monday, December 16 before the Béziers criminal court following a complaint filed by his wife.
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Despite the accusations and his exclusion from the group, the player benefits from the support of his coach, Pierre Caillet, who, according to L'Équipe, believes that “the young woman would come to terms with the truth”. A desire not to publicize the affair too much which would recall his attitude in the management of the Taleta Tupuola affair, sentenced to 14 months suspended prison sentence for domestic violence on November 13. During the latter's trial, the name of the technician was also mentioned for his involvement on the night of the events.
“The victim was brought to the emergency room by the coach,” the public prosecutor would have specified, according to the revelations of L’Équipe. On the night of October 4 to 5, Taleta Tupuola violently attacked his wife, Shawna Tupuola, following an argument. After making him fall down the stairs, he kicked him several times, including one in the face. The young woman then suffered from a fifteen-centimeter wound on her scalp.
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“Pierre got angry…”
Finally, after several twists and turns, Shawna Tupuola reached the emergency room, transported by Pierre Caillet. It was at that moment that the coach allegedly tried to cover up the affair. The sports daily reports the victim's statement to investigators: “At the hospital, Pierre got angry, saying: 'You have no respect.' Pierre wanted the anonymity of my name to be respected.
For his part, the Bitterois manager denies these accusations outright. “It disappoints me on his part,” he regretted. “When you take him to the hospital, when you take out his papers, his Vitale card. I don’t see how I can hide his name. I don’t I have never tried to hide domestic violence.”
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Pierre Caillet continues to defend Taleta Tupuola. “Today, I am simply protecting a man,” he confided in comments reported by L’Équipe. “A man who made a mistake. And who has already suffered double punishment. He loses his wife, he loses his child . So what do we do?
