Football: after Auxerre-OM, referee Jérémy Stinat filed a complaint for "death threats"

Referee Jérémy Stinat, criticized after the Auxerre-Marseille match (3-0) in Ligue 1 last Saturday, filed a complaint for "death threats" after receiving numerous messages targeting him and his family, learned Wednesday, February 26 "ici Mayenne" and "ici Gascogne" (ex-France Bleu) from the referee, confirming information from Sud Ouest . According to Jérémy Stinat, his mother, his brother and his children aged 18 and 21, who have the same name as him, were the targets of these threats on social networks.

The Landes gendarmerie, where the referee is from, had also opened an investigation on Sunday for "damage to a vehicle", according to the Dax prosecutor's office. The referee had found the tires of his vehicles punctured at his home in the Landes, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, which, "as things stand" , does not mention any "proven link " with his profession.

Jérémy Stinat was heavily criticised by Olympique de Marseille's management following the heavy defeat suffered on Saturday evening in Ligue 1 at Auxerre, with sports advisor Fabrizio Ravanelli describing his refereeing as "scandalous" . OM particularly contested the exclusion of defender Derek Cornelius for a second warning.

Furious, Marseille president Pablo Longoria declared: "This is real corruption!" as he passed journalists in the corridors of the Abbé-Deschamps stadium, remarks which sparked an intense controversy and pushed the Spanish leader to make his mea culpa on Monday.