Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni has been suspended by Racing 92 after he was photographed partying with Paris Saint-Germain players in Las Vegas, his club said on Tuesday.
Racing also said they would open judicial proceedings against the Argentine-born front-rower.
While Racing were in Nottingham beating Leicester Tigers 19-16 to reach their first-ever European Champions Cup final on Sunday, Castrogiovanni was in Las Vegas with PSG players celebrating their 2-1 Coupe de la Ligue final victory over Lille OSC on Saturday.
Wearing sunglasses and displaying a distinctive tattoo on his naked torso, Castrogiovanni appeared in a photograph on PSG star forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Instagram account alongside the Swede and playmaker Javier Pastore.
“Following the publication in the press today [Tuesday] of photographs showing Martin Castrogiovanni together with Paris Saint-Germain footballers this weekend in Las Vegas, while the whole of the rest of the club’s squad were in Nottingham to tackle a European Cup semi-final, Racing 92 have decided to temporarily suspend its player and begin judicial proceedings,” said a statement from the Parisian Top 14 outfit.
Castrogiovanni is friends with several of PSG’s Argentine contingent, including Pastore and winger Angel Di Maria.
A number of PSG players, including Ibrahimovic, Pastore, Italy midfielder Marco Verratti and his compatriot Salvatore Sirigu, went to Las Vegas with the permission of their club.
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