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Montpellier president Louis Nicollin has been banned for two months by the French Football Federation after he used a homophobic term to describe Auxerre midfielder Benoit Pedretti after a French league match.
Nicollin apologized for his outburst after his team's 2-1 loss to Auxerre last month, but on Monday the FFF's ethics commission banned him for two months, with an additional two month suspended ban.
Nicollin cannot sit on his team's bench or enter the team's dressing room during his ban.
Several gay rights groups expressed outrage over Nicollin's comment and threatened to sue him. Nicollin rang Pedretti, a former France international, to apologize.
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