Bastien Chalureau affair: “There is no proof” of the racist nature of the attack, Chalureau set for January 16

Bastien Chalureau était à Toulouse ce mardi 14 novembre pour l'appel de son jugement. MAXPPP – Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium

Bastien Chalureau était au tribunal correctionnel de Toulouse ce mardi 14 novembre suite à l'appel de son jugement de novembre 2020 pour des faits de violence à caractère raciste. 

The Attorney General requested an eight-month suspended prison sentence against international rugby player Bastien Chalureau, tried on Tuesday on appeal for a racist attack against two men in 2020 in Toulouse.

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At first instance, he was given a six-month suspended prison sentence. The decision of the court of appeal will be rendered on January 16.

Bastien Chalureau's lawyer, Maître Mendel, defended his client by noting “the absence of proof" as for the racist insults noted by the victims. "It'It was 5 a.m. on Place Jean Jaurès in Toulouse, a busy place, and it's still strange that no witness heard these “, assured the lawyer.

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