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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. ....
Judo trainer Alain Schmitt accused Olympic champion Margaux Pinot of lying about domestic abuse, as the two held separate press conferences to put forward their version of events. ....
French politicians and athletes have expressed outrage over the acquittal of a judo coach accused of domestic violence against judo champion Margaux Pinot. ....