The trial of the pillar of the XV of France and the MHR, Mohamed Haouas, must be held this Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in immediate appearance in Montpellier. The 29-year-old international is suspected of domestic violence. Married and father of two children, Haouas has been in pre-trial detention since Sunday after being summoned by the judge of freedoms and detention.
The Montpellier player faces three years in prison. He is accused of having hit his wife on Friday, in broad daylight and in front of multiple witnesses and CCTV cameras, in a shopping center in Montpellier.
This is not the first extra-sports case that concerns Haouas, who “has a judicial record”, conceded his lawyer, Marc Gallix, to AFP on Sunday, and the major challenge of this new hearing will be to “do it get out of prison”. Even if he escaped detention, the sporting future of the international with 16 selections seems seriously compromised. It is unlikely that the coach, Fabien Galthié, will call on him for the 2023 World Cup next September, in France.
And the rest of his career is now dotted. According to information from Midi Libre, the Clermont club, which he should join at the end of the season, would now refuse to welcome him, regardless of the outcome of his trial. The ASM could indeed activate a clause in the contract between the two parties in the event of imprisonment. The MHR would be ready to pay compensation to the Auvergne club if the transfer did not take place. Clermont should communicate at the end of the day on this hot topic. Haouas had recently visited the facilities of the ASM and he already had a vehicle in the colors of the Jaunards.
