Accused of domestic violence by his ex-girlfriend Margaux Pinot but acquitted at first instance by the Court of Justice of Bobigny, Alain Schmitt, who should have taken charge of the Israeli women’s team last December but ultimately did not, has was appointed the new coach of the Bulgarian national team on Monday morning.
A new start for Alain Schmitt (38). In turmoil since he was accused of violence by his ex-girlfriend Margaux Pinot (28), the French coach is bouncing back in Bulgaria. Schmitt, acquitted at first instance of ” spousal abuse » by the Bobigny Judicial Court (the prosecution appealed), was named the new coach of the Bulgarian national team on Monday, where he will take charge of the country’s judokas on the road to the next Olympic Games, in 2024 in Paris.
« While Madame Margaux Pinot tried to pass herself off as a victim and spread herself in the press trying to discredit the court decision which had acquitted my client Alain Schmidt, the latter has just signed this morning (Monday) a contract with Bulgaria which appoints him coach of the national judo team. He will train all Bulgarian judokas (all categories), for the Olympics“said his lawyer Maître Caroline Wassermann, delighted that his client, who was about to become the coach of the Israeli women’s team before the case forced him to give up, can continue his activity at the highest level. level.
Schmitt had denounced a “media lynching”
« Proof that despite this affair, he calmly continues his work as a high-level judo coach. He is indifferent to the media posturing of Margaux Pinot. He is no longer going to Israel because he has found a more interesting contract than the contract with the Israeli women’s team. “Ex-companion and also former coach of the judoka of the French team crowned Olympic team champion in Tokyo, the Mosellen gave a press conference last December to give his own version of the facts.
Assuring that his girlfriend at the time had ” thrown at (him) » (« She started screaming, she threw her sheets, threw herself on me, grabbed me by the collar (…) She grabbed me and it went all over the place), Schmitt, his right eye swollen, had notably denounced that day the ” media lynching which he was the subject of. In Bulgaria, he should find more peace of mind.
