Former France and Manchester United star Patrice Evra has been fined €1,000 after he was found guilty for using homophobic language when Manchester United beat PSG in 2019.
Evra posted a video of himself on Snapchat using homophobic abuse following Manchester United’s Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain in Paris.
The former les Bleu captain was heard shouting: “Paris, you’re faggots ! You’re faggots ! Here, the men are speaking” in the video.
The complainants’ lawyer, Etienne Deshoulieres, released a statement saying: “The homophobic remarks of a personality like Patrice Evra fuel hatred and violence against LGBT people, in particular in countries where homosexuality is criminally repressed, like in Senegal, the country where Patrice Evra comes from”.
Evra has now been fined €1000 (£890) and ordered to pay €2000 (£1780) compensation to two anti-hate campaign groups, a Parisian court ruled on Thursday.