Taqwa Pinero, the former director of Elan Béarnais, accuses those in charge of the basketball club and the mayor of Pau of trying to force him out of office because of his religious beliefs. His lawyer sent a statement of claim on Friday November 4, 2022.
The former manager of Elan Béarnais, the American Taqwa Pinero, who was relieved of his duties at the club in August, sent a statement of claim for discrimination, defamatory denunciation and bullying to the Pau public prosecutor’s office on Friday November 4, 2022. He is specifically targeting David Bonnemason-Carrère, the former president of the association, the entrepreneur Stéphane Carella, a financial partner, and François Bayrou, the mayor of Pau and president of the Agglomeration Community, Elan’s main financial supporter.
The lawsuit was filed by Taqwa Pinero’s Parisian lawyer Nabil Boudi after financial negotiations between the two parties over the American’s departure stalled. The lawsuit is based on the fact that it was revealed in early September that a partner of the club had written a letter to the club’s management on May 20, 2022, accusing Taqwa Pinero of making statements about his Muslim faith. Sud-Ouest