FRENCH cops are hunting for a Newcastle fan who was allegedly rucking with riot police after being filmed in a lurid sex act in a stadium toilet.
In the footage, that is too graphic to show, a fully naked man is seen in a public toilet with a woman during Newcastle’s Champions League clash with Marseille on Tuesday.
Social media users claimed the same supporter was then seen 15 minutes later in a separate clip allegedly rucking with riot police inside the Stade Vélodrome.
It came on the chaotic evening of the Magpies’ away loss to the French team, which saw brawls between the two sides’ fans and tear gas fired at some of the 500 British fans.
The videos have now been seen by millions online.
In the bathroom clip, the man is naked before he appears fully clothed in a black-and-white Newcastle shirt in a second video.
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He then appeared to be dancing shirtless with a drink in his hand at a square outside the stadium.
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Public sex itself is not explicitly outlawed in France, but acts of public indecency fall under exhibitionism, which is punishable by up to a year in prison and a £13,138 fine (€15,000).
However, sources said officers will only be hunting the man for the alleged clash with riot police, not the bathroom footage.
While fans shared drinks together on Monday night, violence reportedly escalated on Tuesday with scraps breaking out before kick-off.
Tear gas and baton charges were used to break up fights between rival supporters around the Mediterranean city’s Old Port.
While the vast majority of Newcastle’s 3500-odd travelling fans were well behaved, some drunken ones ‘got carried away,’ according to a Marseille police source.
“Video of a couple taking part in a sex act in the stadium have been shown to us,” he said.
“It appears that the man involved may have been fighting later on.”
Fighting scenes appeared to show Marseille’s notorious ‘Ulta’ fans goading the Toon Army.
One clip of a street brawl on X shows men punching and kicking each other, under the caption, ‘Streetfight Marseille vs Newcastle’.
At one stage, it appears as it is French aggressors who are throwing tear gas cannisters, and not the police.
Newcastle fans were advised ‘not to wear anything that will identify themselves as supporters’ when in Marseille.
Police guidance was also to ‘ stay away from the Old Port area of Marseille during their stay’ and to avoid hanging ‘flags or any items of club colours in the city’.
‘Treated like animals’
Newcastle fans have since slammed the police operation, saying they were treated “like animals” by officers.
One supporter posted on X: “Very poor communication on the day. The toilets are broken, resulting in sewage water all over the floor.
“Kept in like caged animals for two hours. Joke.”
Fans also accused French authorities of poor organisation, with several saying the heavy-handed tactics “sucked all the joy” out of what should have been a landmark European trip.
Others claimed they were crammed into pubs to escape tear gas, while Marseille Ultras allegedly broke through a fence to reach family areas.
One supporter told The Telegraph the situation became “uncomfortable and, frankly, dangerous” after the final whistle.
He described thousands of fans being “in a pen desperate to leave”, claiming police responded with batons and pepper spray as the crowd tightened.
“I had been treated like an animal simply because I follow my football team with my mates,” he wrote, adding that one woman near him told an officer she could not breathe, only to be told in response that he “didn’t speak English”.
Twelve people were arrested as tempers flared across the city throughout the day.
The disorder evoked grim memories of Euro 2016, when the Battle of Marseille left more than 100 England fans injured after brutal clashes with Russian hooligans.
One Brit from Portsmouth was put into a coma at the time following an attack by the Russians.
There were 20 arrests during the three days of intense disorder, while the majority of highly organised Russian hooligans escaped back to their home country.
It comes after Ajax Amsterdam fans were also banned from attending their Champions League fixture in Marseille in September because of fear of hooliganism.
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Meanwhile, on the pitch, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Newcastle to the sword with a stunning quickfire double.
The 36-year-old, booted out of Arsenal in 2022 before flopping at Chelsea, scored two inside the first five minutes of the second half to seal the Champions League win after Harvey Barnes’ early opener.
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