Biathlon superstar reported for fraud!

There are two charges of credit card fraud against Julia Simon. The renowned French daily newspaper reported on this this week The Team . This news then spread like wildfire. A complaint against Simon comes from her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, who took a break last winter to have a baby.

Braisaz-Bouchet's complaint stems from a case last summer. At the Blink Festival (a well-known ski-rolling competition in Norway), Simon is said to have used the Beijing Olympic champion's credit card to make online purchases of Go-Pro sports cameras worth between 1.000 and 2.000 euros. A situation that would have worsened Simon's relations with the rest of the French team throughout last season, reports the The Team .

Olympic champion Justine Braisaz-Bouchet reported her teammate Julia Simon. © AFP / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

These rumors about Simon have been circulating for several weeks. The 26-year-old was not present at the French national team's first meetings this summer. She is currently training individually. Incidentally, Simon is said to have used the credit card of another member of their team. Braisaz-Bouchet initially wanted to resolve the incident internally. However, when there was no movement on the matter, she decided to file a lawsuit.

Noise in the team It wasn't until the beginning of June that the association held a hearing in which Simon and her lawyer Jean-Michel Raynaud denied the allegations. Nevertheless, there is great distrust in the French team towards the currently best biathlete in the world. She is said to have become more and more isolated towards the end of the season, reports The Team . The association does not want to make a decision on Simon's future at this time because it wants to wait for the outcome of the legal proceedings.

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Biathlon superstar reported for fraud!

Last winter, Julia Simon's star really rose: the Frenchwoman won the overall World Cup for the first time. But now her entire success is cast in a dark light.

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