Nadal wins case against ex-French sports minister over 'doping' claim
Former conservative French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot, who has become a television talk show personality in France since leaving office, has been ordered by a Paris court to pay 10,000 euros in damages to Spanish tennisman Rafael Nadal, and was handed a suspended fine of 500 euros, after it found her public claim that he used doping drugs was unfounded.
AA Paris court has ordered former French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot to pay 10,000 euros to tennis star Rafael Nadal over a doping allegation, reports BBC News.
Nadal sued her for damages, saying her comments were harmful to his image. He had sought 100,000 euros in damages.
The world number one said he would donate the compensation in full to a French charity.
Bachelot made the comments in a TV interview last year.
The judge also issued her with a suspended fine of 500 euros, ruling that she was guilty of defamation.
