Ligue 1 President Vincent Labrune targeted by legal complaint over alleged homophobic post - Get French Football News
- A legal complaint followed the broadcast of a video extract.
- The video contained discriminatory remarks made by supporters.
- The league promptly removed the video and called the broadcast unfortunate.
- Lawyer Étienne Deshoulières stated this reflected "normalization of homophobia in football."
- The league offered sincere apologies and reaffirmed its commitment against discrimination.
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The president of the Professional Football League is questioned following a publication on the Instragram account of Ligue 1, managed by the LFP, in which a Stéphanois homophobic song against the Lyons could be heard, before its abolition.
The Professional Football League, of which he is the president, has published on Instagram a video of fans where one can hear a homophobic song.
The association Stop Homophobia blames the Professional Football League for having broadcast on its Instagram account a video – then removed – that repeated a homophobic song of Stéphanois supporters.
After a publication on the Professional Football League Instagram account of a video in which a homophobic song was heard, the president of the LFP is subject to a complaint of public insult.
The association Stop Homophobia announced, on Friday 25 April, that it had filed a complaint against Vincent Labrune, president of the Professional Football League (LFP), for a public insult homophobic according to L-Team. The complaint is aimed at a publication broadcast on the official Instagram account of L-Ligue 1, in which an openly homophobic song from St-Etienne supporters was audible. The song in question contained the words: "Oh Lyonnai…

The president of the Professional Football League (LFP) Vincent Labrune is targeted by a complaint of homophobic public insult, after a publication on Instagram of the LFP - now unavailable - which repeated a homophobic song of Stéphanois supporters, announced Friday the association Stop Homophobia.
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