Former swimmer Amaury Leveaux summoned to court on suspicion of domestic violence

Amaury Leveaux, former glory of French swimming, was summoned to the Paris criminal court on March 10, suspected of "an episode of domestic violence", "which he disputes", his lawyer said on Friday requested by AFP. The former Olympic champion “recognizes an argument, verbal exchanges, but no violence, neither towards his partner nor towards their five-month-old baby present at the time,” declared Me Bernard Benaiem, counsel for the ex-athlete.

Amaury Leveaux therefore “contests” according to his lawyer “an episode of domestic violence which allegedly occurred during an argument on Monday at the end of the day in the presence of the child”. The former Olympic champion, who appeared before a prosecutor on Friday following police custody revealed by the magazine Paris Match, is therefore summoned "before the Paris criminal court on March 10", according to Me Benaiem.

The former athlete is “shocked by the accusations made against him, in particular alleged bad gestures towards the baby, which he finds unacceptable”, specifies his lawyer. Paris Match writes that Amaury Leveaux is “suspected of having threatened his current partner with a knife before shaking his child”. Requested, the Paris prosecutor's office had not yet responded by midday on Friday. Furthermore, Amaury Leveaux has been targeted since the fall of 2025 by a complaint for fraud, in particular, against the backdrop of a cryptocurrency platform.

At the heart of this affair is Spantale, a digital sports sponsorship platform, created to finance French sporting talents via cryptocurrency and launched in 2021 by the ex-swimmer. The plaintiffs, parents of a young rider looking for a sponsor for horse racing competitions, claim to have transferred the sum of 100,000 euros to Amaury Leveaux in the summer of 2021, with a view to a promising expected return, in vain according to them.