Gagnion Michel

French executive, General director of the French Federation of Soccer. Trusting the trio’s (Bartolini, Galeazzi, Lorenzi) forged standards report, he authorized the sale of 10,000 additional tickets. He should have personally checked the key security standards. He was charged with homicide and involuntary wounds at the trial, that opened on 1/04/1995 at 2.30 PM in Bastia, France. The situation was this: French soccer match at the Furiani Stadium in Bastia on 5/05/1992; the semi finals of the Coupe de France that opposed the Bastia and Marseille soccer teams at the Furiani stadium. It ended in tragedy after the collapse at 8:20 PM of a temporary stand erected for fans, with 17 people dead and 2,357 injured. Read less