Suspected of violence and sexual relations with minors, skater Brian Joubert goes to a disciplinary commission

Former world figure skating champion Brian Joubert will have to be heard this Friday 10 November by the disciplinary commission of the French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG), after several complaints of violence and suspicion of sexual relations with a minor.

The skater’s lawyer reports a settling of scores

To AFP, the FFSG confirmed the information coming from The group : “ Brian Joubert and the Brian Joubert Poitiers Glace club will have to be heard (Friday) by the Federation’s first instance Disciplinary Commission “. According to the skater’s lawyer, the commission will have to examine in particular alleged acts of verbal and physical violence within the club managed by Brian Joubert in Poitiers, but also suspicions of a sexual relationship with a minor, something that the interested party he firmly denies it.

The lawyer regrets it “a form of settling accounts” by the federation. As the AFP points out, this hearing is taking place in a tumultuous context within the FFSG, following the turbulent succession of former president Didier Gailhaguet.

Supported by Gailhaguet upon her arrival at the helm of the body, the current president of the FFSG, Gwenaëlle Noury, has since distanced herself from many people believed to be close to the former French skating strongman, including Brian Joubert. Fired by the body’s executive board in May, Brian Joubert, as well as five other members, initially had their dismissals suspended. But the Federal Council of the Federation voted to expel them again last October, for the third time.

“This story is so rude”the skater’s lawyer reacted, denouncing the “sidereal void of the file”. According to him, his client never had the opportunity to present his version of events during the investigation of the case. The skater’s mother, Raymonde Joubert, president of Brian Joubert Poitiers Glace, was also summoned by the commission.