The coach of the touch, Antoine Battut, as well as the former physical trainer of the Basque club, Cyril Gomes, attacked a carer Tuesday morning in the emergency room of a clinic where they accompanied a friend.
The information is revealed by the local newspaper Sud-Ouest. Tuesday morning, around 7 a.m., two members of the Aviron Bayonnais staff allegedly hit a nurse at the Aguilera clinic in Biarritz. The facts occurred in the emergency department and a complaint was lodged with the Biarritz police station for aggravated violence against a coach and a former physical trainer from the club promoted to Top 14.
According to Sud-Ouest, it is Antoine Battut and Cyril Gomes. The first named, former third-line passed among others by Stade Toulousain, had joined Aviron bayonnais as a player in 2017 after his dismissal from the MHR. Appointed captain, he won the title of French Pro D2 champion in 2019. He ended his career in early 2020 to join the management of Aviron bayonnais as a sideline coach. Between 2014 and the end of 2018, he was vice-president of Provale, the national union of rugby players.
“The club management, which will receive the employee concerned as soon as possible, strongly condemns these facts which took place in a private context. »
Press release from Aviron Bayonnais
According to our information, the two men accompanied the club’s video analyst to the emergency room, the victim of a scooter accident. The tone is raised with the nursing staff. A nurse ended up on the ground, bloodied, and one of the two attackers fled. During the altercation, a nurse received “hits”resulting in total incapacity for work (ITT) for two days, and the nurse’s aide had a twisted finger resulting in one day of ITT.
The police quickly intervened on the scene to arrest the former trainer of Aviron Bayonnais, Cyril Gomes. Antoine Battut, suspected of having punched a nurse, was taken into custody later in the day. Both men were heavily intoxicated. Released under judicial supervision at the end of their police custody on Wednesday, the two men will be tried on February 23 for “violence in meetings on people responsible for public service missions”, indicated the Bayonne prosecutor’s office.
The Basque club confirmed at lunchtime that a “member of staff was involved in a nighttime incident» but specifying that he was «during holidays“. “Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro has learned that a member of the sports staff is involved in an incident that occurred overnight from Monday to Tuesday. The club would like to point out that this event took place during a period of leave. The management of the club, which will receive the employee concerned as soon as possible, strongly condemns these facts which took place in a private context. Anxious to let justice do its job, the club will not make any additional comments and will take all necessary measures.»
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