PSG-OM: classification without follow-up of a report made for homophobic songs

The report made to the courts regarding homophobic chants sung during a PSG match in September was dismissed because it is impossible to individually identify the authors of the chants, AFP learned on Thursday.

This report was made by the interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred (Dilcrah), Olivier Klein.

“We did receive feedback from the prosecutor following the report which was closed without further action” because “the authors of these songs cannot be individually identified,” Dilcrah told AFP.

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The interministerial delegation, an organization attached to Matignon, specified that it would continue to work with the Professional Football League (LFP), associations, PSG and all sports federations “to fight against homophobia in sport”.

The meeting between PSG and OM took place at the Parc des Princes on September 24.

“Very shocked by the unbearable homophobic chants heard at the Parc des Princes during the

His message was accompanied by a thirty-second video in which we can hear PSG supporters singing homophobic chants against the players of the Marseille team.

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According to an AFP journalist present at the stadium to follow the match, these chants lasted almost a quarter of an hour.

PSG was sanctioned on October 5 by the LFP disciplinary committee, which ordered the closure of the Auteuil stand for one final match and one suspended match.

Four of his players who had repeated insulting refrains – Ousmane Dembélé, Randal Kolo Muani, Achraf Hakimi and Laywin Kurzawa – also received a suspended match suspension.

For these same facts, several LGBT associations filed a complaint on November 8 in Paris against Amazon Prime, broadcaster of the match: in the rebroadcast, “it is possible to hear several chants from supporters coming from the stands. Some of these songs are of a pronounced homophobic character,” denounces the complaint.

According to an Ipsos survey published at the beginning of September and conducted with the LGBT Sports Federation, 46% of French people say they have already witnessed homophobic or transphobic behavior in the sporting environment.