If the investigation of the Kheira Hamraoui affair has been closed since January 31, the consequences of the aggression of the ex-player of PSG by hooded individuals armed with iron bars in November 2021 persist. Witness this Thursday the conviction for defamation of a Daniel Riolo who had expressed himself on this dark story.
During the radio show after football of March 23, 2023, on the airwaves of RMC, the journalist willly polemist had cited police sources to denounce the involvement of Aminata Diallo, then teammate of Kheira Hamraoui at PSG as in the France team, in the sad facts of autumn 2021. Untilly allegations according to justice.
This Thursday, the Paris Criminal Court condemned the person concerned for ” Public defamation offense ». The 17the room having judged that Daniel Riolo, ” who claims not only editorialist but also a journalist, did not carry out the serious investigation which is expected of him in this quality ».
Riolo will appeal
In a press release relayed by Le Parisien, Me Chloé Redon, the lawyer for Aminata Diallo, deplores that Daniel Riolo has ”
distorted and invented serious facts attributed without prudence and without contradictory to Aminata Diallo. (…) If she understands perfectly that the press is expressed on her business, she could not let a limit be crossed, even more by a journalist. »»
Attacked for defamation in the past by figures such as Didier Deschamps or Christophe Galtier, Daniel Riolo was sentenced to a fine of 500 euros and a compensation of 4,000 euros to pay to Aminata Diallo as damages and legal fees. The journalist's defense has already announced his intention to call on this verdict.
