Brigitte Bardot demands Kurt Zouma be axed from French football team as she slams ‘imbecile behaviour’
metro.co.ukBrigitte Bardot has said Kurt Zouma should be ‘dropped’ from the French national team for a video showing him kicking and slapping his pet cat.
The French actress, 87, who has starred in dozens of films, including Don Juan and the classic And God Created Woman, has demanded that the West Ham centre-back should face justice over the video.
In the footage, the footballer, 27, can be seen kicking and slapping his cats. Zouma’s cats have now been taken away by the RSPCA, and West Ham has fined the player £250,000.
Bardot commented that she felt ‘scandalised’ by the footage and that Zouma exhibited ‘imbecile behavior’. Her Paris-based charity, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, has also contacted French lawyers in a Paris court where Zouma, 27, could face up to four years in jail, according to MailOnline.Speaking today, Brigitte said, as per the outlet: ‘The images deeply scandalised me, this big guy who attacks a small cat, kicks the animal like a ball, under the laughter of the person who is filming, all of this is shocking and of absolute cowardice.‘My Foundation is filing a complaint against him and has called on the leaders of the France team to no longer select this player who, by his imbecile behavior, soils his jersey.‘I also take this opportunity to thank the West Ham supporters who whistled Zouma during Tuesday’s match.
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