Champion athlete Pierre-Ambroise Bosse's alleged attacker lodges complaint

The world 800 metres champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse said the man attacked him has himself filed a complaint that the athlete provoked him, his lawyer Arnaud Dupin said Wednesday.
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (File | AP)
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (File | AP)

BORDEAUX: The world 800 metres champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse said the man attacked him has himself filed a complaint that the athlete provoked him, his lawyer Arnaud Dupin said Wednesday.

Bosse, 25, was victim of a late night attack in a casino car park in his one-time training base of Gujan-Mestras in southwestern France that left him with "multiple facial fractures" and 18 days of sick leave.

French police arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the assault, which forced Bosse to put an early end to his season.

But the alleged aggressor, while not denying he punched Bosse, has lodged a complaint saying that the altercation started when the athlete threw a beer can at his head, which he managed to deflect with his arm - that was left bruised.

"The trigger was the beer can being thrown," said lawyer Dupin, adding he didn't know why Bosse "had targeted my client".

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