Last Thursday, the trial between Didier Deschamps and Daniel Riolo took place, before the XVIIth chamber of the Paris Criminal Court. The French coach sued the journalist for defamation.
It is the nature of the seriousness of Karim Benzema’s injury, at the dawn of the 2022 World Cup, which found itself at the heart of the debates. Except that the animosity between the two men dates back to 2015. Previously, they had good professional relations.
Everything changed the day Daniel Riolo mentioned on the airwaves of RMC that Didier Deschamps was aware of the strike that the Blues were preparing in Knysna, in 2010. Then coach of Olympique de Marseille, the 1998 world champion would never have sought to raise the alarm. “Anyway, whenever there is a shady affair in French football, Deschamps is never far away”had released, at the time,
the companion of Géraldine Maillet in “After Foot”.
Deschamps-Riolo, ten years of animosity
“Come along this show where I say that. He is obviously very surprisedconfides the sports journalist at the microphone of
Radio J. The next day, he calls me, I was at the park with the children and then he leaves in a rage. ‘How can you say something like that? Be careful when you say things like that.’ I explode too, I ask him if he is threatening me. »
The judgment will be rendered on January 30, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Daniel Riolowho assured that he had “do some investigation before speaking on air”incurs a symbolic fine of one euro. If he is found guilty, he will likely have to read an on-air apology from his employer.
