France's midfielder Kheira Hamraoui, on February 16, 2022, in Le Havre, France. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
Former Paris Saint-Germain women's footballer Kheira Hamraoui filed a €3.5 million claim against the club on Monday, November 17, alleging that she was forced out after she was brutally attacked with an iron bar.
In November 2021, Hamraoui was attacked by two masked men after returning from a team dinner in a car with teammate Aminata Diallo. But after Diallo was detained and charged with instigating the attack on her teammate, Hamraoui was allegedly the victim of "moral harassment" by some of PSG's players.
Two of those – Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani – refused to pass the ball to Hamraoui during games, the plaintiff's lawyer Pascal-Pierre Garbarini argued at the French capital's employment tribunal.
'Ostracized'
