Olivier Ménard, his attacker escapes justice

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By: Manu Tournoux

Last June, Olivier Ménard was the victim of a violent assault at his home, located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine. Beaten by an individual crossed in the hall of his building, the sports journalist had then had to be absent from L'Equipe chain For a few days.

Although he has filed a complaint for attempted homicide, his attacker will not be tried. “There will be no trials. The man was found, but he was declared irresponsible before the courts. From the moment this status is granted, it was completely out of the fold of justice ”he revealed on the set of the program “Buzz TV”.

Olivier Ménard, where did his attacker go?

Indeed, the penal code provides that an affected person “at the time of the facts, a mental or neuropsychic disorder having abolished his discernment or the control of his actions”, is not responsible on the criminal level. What becomes of Olivier Ménard's attacker?

“He is taken care of by psychiatrists, but when he will come out, I will not knowreplied the one who had been temporarily replaced by Giovanni Castaldi. In any case, I hope he will be treated and that it will be better. I took four or five punches in the face, the world will not stop. I have nothing broken, so everything is fine. »»