It was in Qatar, more than 6,000 km from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), where he was judged for almost twelve hours last Friday, that Christophe Galtier learned, with emotion, the good news. Released from accusations of racism and discrimination, the former coach of PSG and the Aiglons said he was “relieved”. Relieved in particular “to have regained his honor”, Me Sébastien Schapira, one of his two lawyers, told us.
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The Nice criminal court insisted: “Neither of the two offenses is serious. » The prosecution had, however, called for his conviction, citing a “basic background of ordinary racism” and an “instrumentalization” of Ramadan to “seek to reduce the number of blacks and Muslims” in the workforce of the OGC Nice that he trained. at the time. Prosecutor Damien Martinelli had requested a one-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 45,000 euros.
