Veil Jourde, advisor to Mrs. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

Veil Jourde, with a team comprising Jean Veil, Nicolas Brault and Fanny Attal, counsel to Mrs. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, following the defamation suit brought against her before the French Court of Justice by the former President of the French Football Federation, Mr. Noël Le Graët.
Mr. Le Graët criticized the then Minister for having returned, on February 15th, 2023, the summary of an investigation by the French General Inspection Authority for Education, Sport and Research, which had revealed his inappropriate language and behavior, in particular towards the women under her authority, leading to her resignation from the presidency of the FFF.
The Veil Jourde team submitted an offer of proof of the truth of the defamatory statements referred to in Mr. Le Graët’s complaint, and at the hearing on December 3rd, 2024, Mr. Le Graët announced that he was withdrawing his complaint.
After the Public Prosecutor regretted the lateness of this withdrawal, the Veil Jourde team noted that Mr. Le Graët had taken a wise and prudent decision and paid tribute to the women who had had the courage to testify and to the Minister who had managed this crisis as she should have, enabling the FFF to return to a calmer climate.
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