The one-year sentence but without prison of rugby player Mohamed Haouas for domestic violence was denounced Thursday by the head of the Macronist deputies Aurore Bergé: “society, by this court decision, is not up to the protection that ‘she owes’ to women.
“There is no doubt that there was an act of domestic violence,” explained the MP on BFMTV-RMC, recalling that he himself had recognized it at the hearing.
“And in the end, this man who beat up his wife is released so he goes home, to his wife and to his children”, she denounced, while recalling that “justice is independent”.
For her, “justice does not protect this woman”. “What guarantees that tomorrow she will not be a victim of domestic violence again? What guarantees that a man who has already struck, had not already struck in the past or will not strike again tomorrow?
Calling for “putting things back in the right place”, she felt that the state “owes her protection because we know she is a victim”.
The Montpellier Criminal Court did not follow the prosecutor on Wednesday, who had requested a total of 18 months in prison with a warrant of committal, therefore continued detention against the Montpellier front line judged for hitting his wife on Friday, after having seen smoking a cigarette in front of the mall where she works.
The latter did not file a complaint, but she filed a civil action, according to her lawyer, and wanted to find her husband with whom she has two children, in order to “be able to discuss these facts in the privacy of the couple”.
The Clermont club that Mohamed Haouas was to join for three years from July 1 has terminated his contract. The French Rugby Federation also warned that he would not be selectable for the France team for the 2023 World Cup in France, due to “inadmissible and incompatible” behavior.
