JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte, vice president Serge Simon, Montpellier owner Mohed Altrad, and former World Cup 2023 boss Claude Atcher, collectively accused of operating “a pact of corruption”.
Laporte is accused of passive corruption, passive influence peddling by a public official, illegal taking of interests, breach of trust and concealment of misuse of corporate assets; Altrad of influence peddling, active corruption, and misuse of corporate assets; Simon of illegal taking of i...