- International arrest warrant issued for Rocky Elsom in October
- Rugby Union Star had been sentenced to five years in prison
The former Wallabies captain, Rocky Elsom, believes that newly launched financial documents could help him clarify his name.
An international arrest warrant for the 41 -year -old man was issued in October after he was sentenced in absence to five years in prison by a French court.
It is alleged that the former back row had used poorly active during his time as president of the French rugby club, Narbonne.
But Elsom now believes that the case against him has been discredited by the publication of new financial information.
The former Waatahs and Brumbies star recently told The Sunday Times that she lived in Dublin, but that her current whereabouts is unknown. He fears that if he returns to France to defend himself in person, he will be thrown into jail.
“If I return to France, they are likely to arrest me and put it in custody until the case is expelled,” Elsom said during an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
The former star of the Australian rugby union, Rocky Elsom, hopes that the new tests will help him clarify his name
The charges are related to Elsom's time as president of the French Club Narbonne in 2016
Elsom was sentenced to five years in absence by a French court, but has denied accusations against him.
The positions against Elsom are related to their time in the club in 2016 and claim that it had erroneously appropriate $ 1.1 million in club funds. According to the reports, a French court also condemned Elsom for abusing corporate assets and the falsification of documents. Narbonne would get into liquidation two years later.
Elsom denies all the positions and states that were not given the opportunity to defend himself.
The 41 -year -old man, who won 75 caps for Australia, now argues that the club's financial reports contradict the statements that are being made against him, and the prosecutors argue that the payments he made during his time as president of the club were inappropriate. The unstable financial position of the club.
“I received the club with a hole of € 1.4 million to € 2 million in the balance and almost without capital and received the club with a healthy balance and more than one million euros in available capital,” said Elsom.
“There can be no more disputes on the financial health of the club.”
He has asked for the immediate release of the 2017-18 financial reports and said that the time of new information publication was “an accusation in the process.”
His lawyer Yann l Braz also examined legal procedures.
“In 30 years, as a lawyer, I have never seen a case accumulate so many discrepancies to comply with the law,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
Elsom issued a Bomb Declaration in October, asking French lawyer Patrick Tabet to reveal the information and documents he used to determine the sentence
Elsom expects the new financial information to help him fight against the accusations against him.
Australian lawyer Joe Crowley has also marked the 'larger' procedures.
“Narbonne's accounting records show that the club had a lot of money when Rocky left,” said Crowley.
'The case itself makes no sense. To say that the financial decisions made in 2016 were the cause of the financial collapse in 2018 is illogical. What happened in 2017? To draw that conclusion, the court would need evidence from a financial expert. It seems that in the case of Rocky the court did not have that.
He later added that the case was “very strange” and added that condemning someone who was not represented in the court was “very unfair.”
Elsom had published a Bomb Declaration in October, asking French lawyer Patrick Tabet to reveal the information and documents he used to determine the sentence.
“In the interest of a fair and fair process, I would ask Mr. Tabet to send me a complete list of the documents and presentations he used to ensure the five -year prison sentence reported,” Elsom told Sydney Morning Herald.
'Not allowing me to defend charges, it is a clear perversion of justice. I have little more information about the evidence that was presented at the hearing (another) that (what) is in the public domain.
'Then, I can only address the accusations that have been considered publicly.
“I ask the public to consider the legitimacy of any process that does not allow the participation of the prosecuted person.”