Accused of forcing his players to have sex to get drafted

A new scandal has engulfed French women’s football. journalist Roman Molina published this Friday an extensive investigation into the French Football Federation (FFF) entitled “40 years of silence”, exposing several scandals within the body.

The most famous case is that of Elizabeth Loisel, The coach of France for 11 years, between 1996 and 2007. According to that source, the coach, now 59 and working for FIFA, forced some players to have intimate relationships in order to be called up for French senior team.

Gerard Precheur, The technical director during Loisel’s stay at the Federation, left the position after realizing that the coach would even select players based on their sexual orientation. Despite the complaints, the FFF never opened any internal investigation.

In all this, the current president of the entity, Noël le Graët, He has been accused, like several officials, of covering up sexual assault or harassment practices against players and employees.

One of these cases that would have been tried to cover up Noël La Graet was that of the then mentor (who was in charge of the children’s selection categories) of the FFF, Angelique Roujaswho ended up being fired after being found guilty of molesting minors.

Angelica, despite this fact, he still retains his license and can continue to practice if he wishes. In this case, the FFF had no choice but to report it and open an internal investigation after several players threatened to strike.

This time it is guaranteed that the current Sports Minister of France, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, requested, shortly after learning of the investigation, the opening of an internal investigation into the last decades of actions carried out in the FFF.