Heavy climate in the football section of USM Gagny (Seine-Saint-Denis) for several weeks. Parents of players are worried about the presence at the club of B., a 24-year-old educator in charge of the pennant team (seniors), sentenced in September 2019 for aggravated pimping on a minor victim. He will be retried on appeal this Thursday in Paris, at the request of the prosecution.
The man has been licensed to the club since his youth, he is compensated as part of his mission as an educator and he holds a manager’s license.
In Bobigny last year, in view of facts described as “extremely serious”, the court had sentenced him to 18 months in prison, nine of which were suspended and pronounced a ban on exercising a professional activity in contact with minors for a period of five years. However, he remained in post for 11 months after this conviction.
The sister of a player would have “recruited” the victim
The facts date back to the spring of 2016. The court convicted B. and a second accused of prostituting a 15-year-old girl, providing her with a room, taking the photos for advertisements and pocketing up to 60% of the costs. passes, performed in Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Chelles (Seine-et-Marne), most often on Wednesdays and weekends during the months of March and April.
It is the sister of a young football player of the club who would have “recruited” the victim. The teenager, in whom the experts noted a “significant suffering”, ended up filing a complaint. It was only three years later that the two men were brought to justice. “The offense of procuring is perfectly characterized”, we can read in the judgment. “He knew she was habitually involved in prostitution and knowingly chose to share the profits. “
“I am innocent for this pimping affair,” replies B., whom we have contacted by telephone. However, it was not he who appealed against his first conviction, but the prosecution.
“It’s the law of silence”
The information of this conviction spread by rumor within the club since no official communication was made. “I do not understand how this person can still be at the club, astonished a father. I am for the presumption of innocence but we are still talking about very serious facts and yet it was not complicated to put him aside while awaiting his trial on appeal. It’s scary ! »Another father, Steven (the first name has been changed), preferred to change his club child. “It’s the law of silence,” he regrets. The hardest part was lying to my 13 year old son to explain to him the reason for his departure from USM Gagny and the fact that he is leaving his football buddies. It’s sad to come to this. “
