The PSG-Lyon dispute over a banner in support of Jenni Hermoso

The French councillor Alice Coffin denounced on Monday the “violent response” by members of Parc des Princes security in response to the display of a banner by a group of fans against sexual violence. The events took place on Sunday during the French Women’s D1 League match between PSG and Olympique Lyon. The chaos that was generated was great and spread to several groups, denouncing this event.

“Last night we were with Les Dégommeuses (collective against discrimination in sports) at the Parc des Princes for PSG-Lyon,” he declared. Alice Coffin on Twitter, accompanied by a video. “We put up a banner in support of Jenni Hermoso and Kadidiatou Diani, who reported sexual assaults. “This was followed by a violent response from PSG security.”

In the video, a security agent asks Alice Coffin, who was sitting, to accompany him to the exit of the stadium, before trying to remove him by force when he refused to leave his seat, in the face of loud public protests.

“The banner says +JENNI, KADI, TE CREEMOS+ #SeAcabo” (“it’s done”), he said. Alice Coffin. The motto was used by the players of the Spanish team after the non-consensual kiss scandal Jenni Hermoso of the former president of the Spanish Federation Luis Rubialeswho resigned on September 10.

Kadidiatou Dianifor its part, filed a sexual assault complaint against former PSG coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle in June, and the Versailles prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation.

“We gave the banner to the authorities when it arrived. The action was peaceful,” he said. Alice Coffin. “We emphasized that it was a feminist message, that it denounced the attacks, and that the response to the other attacks was very symbolic.”

As he explained, “the security chief who came to calm his troops recognized, unfortunately, a little too late, that the intervention methods were not working.”