Pablo Longoria, the president of OM, indeed filed a complaint in reaction to the facts observed at the Commanderie on September 18.
The walls of the press room at the Robert Louis-Dreyfus center shook on September 18. The day after an insipid draw at the Vélodrome against Toulouse, the management of OM embodied by its president Pablo Longoria, the football director Javier Ribalta, the general director Pedro Iriondo and the financial director Stéphane Tessier then met with the heads of the associations of supporters. The tone quickly rises, leaving the four members of the Marseille board shocked.
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After a few days of withdrawal, Pablo Longoria announced his return to the helm before the trip to the Parc des Princes the following weekend, not without sharing his desire to file a complaint. In a press release issued beforehand, the Spanish boss declared that he wanted to put an end to “ individual attacks and any form of unfounded public defamation “. He also denounces in his writings “ a relationship based on intimidation “.
A complaint against
According to La Provence, the president of OM actually filed a complaint with the Marseille prosecutor’s office. The investigation opened on September 24 and led by Marseille public prosecutor Dominique Laurens continues. Under the following charges: attempted extortion, blackmail and threats under conditions of crime or misdemeanor. While the name of Rachid Zeroual, the representative of the South Winners, has been highlighted in particular since the Commanderie clash, Pablo Longoria’s complaint is not nominative but filed against made threats against management.
