Simon handed three-month suspended sentence and fine
Olympic medallist admitted using teammate’s bank card
The French biathlete Julia Simon was found guilty of theft and credit card fraud and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence by a French court on Friday.
Simon was accused of repeatedly using the bank card of her France teammate, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, and that of a French team staff member to make online purchases totalling more than €2,000 (£1,371).
“I can’t explain it. I don’t remember doing it. I can’t make sense of it,” the 29-year-old said during the hearing in Albertville, as quoted by local newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré. Simon was also fined €15,000 (£13,117) after she admitted the thefts during the hearing and offered apologies to the victims, local media reported.
