Corruption in rugby: the history of the Bernard Laporte case

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Summary. On 13 December 2022, the President of the French Rugby Federation, Bernard Laporte, was sentenced by the Criminal Court of Paris to 2 years of probation and a fine of €75,000 for corruption and influence peddling. He appealed this decision and resigned.

Since the summer of 2017, the French rugby boss has been implicated in several cases of illegal interest taking. Bernard Laporte would use his position to ease certain sanctions against the Montpellier club, which was run by one of his friends, businessman Mohed Altrad. In connection with the latter, the leader of the FFR is also accused of receiving 180,000 euros from the Altrad group in March 2017 under an image contract that has not yet been executed. Justice is also interested in his alleged role in crediting France in 2017 with hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

For the source of the code, Clément Dossen and Romain Bae, journalists for the Paris sports department, return to this crate case that is shaking up French rugby.

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