Humiliations, harassment, insults… Former tennis champion Amélie Mauresmo files a complaint against her ex-wife

Amélie Mauresmo. XinHua – Gao Jing

En instance de divorce avec son ex-femme Marie-Bénédicte Hurel, l'ancienne joueuse de tennis Amélie Mauresmo a engagé une procédure pénale. Elle dit avoir été victime de harcèlement.

Arriving discreetly at the Bayonne judicial court, Amélie Moresmo testified this Tuesday before the criminal chamber against her ex-wife, Marie-Bénédicte Hurel. In a closed-door trial requested due to the public nature of the former player, Mauresmo recalled her years of suffering.

Harassment and blackmail

On the stand, Amélie Mauresmo described the moral harassment that her ex-wife subjected her to. Blackmail, insults received mainly by SMS, daily humiliations… A situation which led the former champion's doctor to prescribe 10 days of total incapacity for work. < /p>

Last September, Amélie Mauresmo's ex-wife was taken into police custody.

The judgment reserved

According to information from France Bleu, the public prosecutor would have requested ten suspended prison sentences against the ex-wife of' #39;Amélie Mauresmo. The defense pleads for acquittal and claims to have never heard such remarks". The judgment must be pronounced by February 13.