Patrice Evra will be tried on Monday by the Paris court for homophobic « insult » after a Champions League match between PSG and Manchester United in March 2019.

He had let loose on social networks. Former defender and captain of the France team, Patrice Evra will be tried on Monday by the Paris court for homophobic « insult » in reference to facts that occurred after a Champions League match between PSG and Manchester Utined dating from March 2019.

At the end of the qualification of the English club, where he played between 2006 and 2014, the former French international, who was present in the spans of the Parc des Princes, had insulted the club of the capital launching in particular « Paris, you you’re queers, you’re PD… Here, it’s the men who talk”.

If he had posted a message to apologize, ensuring that he was not homophobic, the Mousse and Stop Homophobia associations, supported by the anti-homophobia collective Rouge Direct, had filed a complaint. Indicted for “public insult towards a group of people because of their sexual orientation”, Patrice Evra had admitted before the judge to have made the disputed remarks.

In his order for remand dated May 5, the investigating judge believes that Patrice Evra « expressed himself in a private setting for the making of a video which was then published on Snapchat without his knowledge ». “The comments were therefore made in a non-confidential, but not public manner”, and Patrice Evra “did not intend to make his words public”. The former defender turned consultant incurs a fine, in this case a fine of 1,500 euros.

Source: RMC Sport

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