Feminists, including environmentalist municipal councilor Alice Coffin, denounced on Monday the “violent response” of Parc des Princes security to the deployment of a banner against sexual violence on Sunday during the women’s D1 clash between Paris and Lyon.
“Last night, we were with Les Dégommeuses (collective against discrimination in sport, Editor’s note) at the Parc des Princes for PSG-Lyon,” Alice Coffin testified on Twitter, with supporting video. “We displayed a banner in support of Jenni Hermoso and Kadidiatou Diani who denounced sexual assault. A violent response from PSG security followed.”
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In the video, a security agent asks Alice Coffin, who is seated, to accompany him to the exit, before attempting to take him away by force when she refuses, under the strong protest of the audience. “The banner said JENNI, KADI, WE BELIEVE YOU
Kadidiatou Diani, for her part, filed a complaint in June for sexual assault against former PSG coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle, and a preliminary investigation was opened by the Versailles prosecutor’s office. “We handed her over to law enforcement when he arrived. The action was peaceful,” assured Alice Coffin. “We emphasized that it was a feminist message, which denounced attacks, and that responding with other attacks was very symbolic.”
And the ecologist concluded, in reference to the chants sung by thousands of ultras during the match against Marseille on September 24, which remained without sanction from the club: “PSG you are obviously much cooler with homophobic chants than ‘with the “we believe you” that we chanted.”