Christophe Galtier was tried on 15 December for alleged racist remarks.

Therefore, Christophe Galtier will have to go to court. On Friday evening, after several hours of detention, he was “brought to the public prosecutor’s office in connection with a subpoena to the Nice Criminal Court on 15 December 2023 to hear a case of moral harassment and discrimination based on membership or non-affiliation, real or perceived, to ethnic group, nation, perceived race or a particular religion,” Nice prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme said in a press release.

Christophe Galtier faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros, the prosecutor said. His son John Valovich Galtier remained at large. According to Nice-Matin, the two men were detained by police around 8:45 am at the premises of the Oware police station.

“They want to put Christoph on the ground to the end”

“We were waiting for this call (to court), it was a logical continuation of the procedure. But from now on, we still have to fight. It feels like they want to put Christophe on the ground to the end, ”we know, surrounded by someone who is still officially the coach of Paris Saint-Germain.

This case of alleged racist comments attributed to Christophe Galtier dates back to when he coached the Nice team in 2021-22. Former sporting director Julien Fournier accuses him in an email to OGC Nice’s majority shareholder, English company Ineos, of mentioning too many black and Muslim players in the workforce. Christophe Galtier, who denied these allegations, filed a complaint on April 21 against Julien Fournier and two journalists for death threats and slander.