French judo coach Alain Schmitt, accused by Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot of domestic violence, claimed on Friday that he had merely defended himself in a fight that he said she started.
French judo coach Alain Schmitt, accused by Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot of domestic violence, claimed on Friday that he had merely defended himself in a fight that he said she started.
Pinot, who won mixed team gold at the Tokyo Olympics, has accused Schmitt her partner and former coach of attacking her in a drunken rage while she was in bed in her apartment Saturday night.
"He straddled me, and started punching me, left and right," the 27-year old told a news conference on Thursday, her face covered in bruises.
French judo coach Alain Schmitt, accused by Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot of domestic violence, claimed on Friday that he had merely defended himself in a fight that he said she started.