Camille Nell’s family has been informed of her death at the Juventus player’s Turin home on July 4, Catherine Marlin, the mother of the 27-year-old young woman, told AFP, without being able to specify the circumstances of her death. the death.
Contacted by AFP, Italian justice replied: “The investigation is ongoing and remains covered by secrecy”. “The family’s requests have been, as far as possible, all satisfied. My service has been working, from the start, in close collaboration with the French consulate in Milan”, continued Enrico Arnaldi di Balme, deputy prosecutor in Turin. .
The French team completed a three-week Euro preparation camp which ended after a second friendly match against Vietnam on July 1 in Orleans. The players then benefited from three days of rest, before flying to England on July 5.
“We have no comment to make on anything that concerns Pauline’s private life,” the sports agency that manages the player’s interests told AFP.
“Private life”
The French Football Federation, for its part, called for “respect for his private life and his mourning” in a message sent on Friday evening. “The FFF and the entire French women’s team fully support Pauline Peyraud-Magnin in the personal drama she is currently going through and sends her condolences to the bereaved family”, is it written.
Camille Nell had signed a civil partnership in 2020 with the goalkeeper of Les Bleues (28 selections), the first active French international footballer to make her homosexuality public in August 2020.
In March 2021, while “PPM” was playing Atlético Madrid, the two young women had received AFP for an interview in the privacy of their apartment in the suburbs of the Spanish capital, rejoicing in the many messages of support. received after this “coming-out”.
At 30, Peyraud-Magnin is playing his first international tournament at the Euro as a holder in the Blue cage.
“It’s her private life, we’re not going to get involved. She was touched and she knows very well that she has our support”, reacted the side Sakina Karchaoui Friday in front of the journalists present at the training of the Blues.
“It’s her personal life, we respect her, in any case from the start we’ve been there. The team, the staff… everyone is with her. She’s touched, it’s normal, but she’s focus on football and competition,” also commented midfielder Sandie Toletti.