NARBONNE, France (AP) — An international arrest warrant has been issued for former Australia captain Rocky Elsom after a French court found him guilty of misusing corporate assets while he was president of French rugby club Narbonne.
According to French media reports, the former Wallabies flanker was sentenced on Friday in absentia to five years after also being found guilty of forgery and ordered to pay back squandered assets of 700,000 euros ($766,000 ) at the club from 2015-16.
The 41-year-old Elsom played 75 times for Australia from 2005-11 and represented Irish club Leinster, winning the 2009 European Cup.
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FILE - Australia's rugby captain Rocky Elsom gestures during their training at Kings Park Stadium in Durban, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
FILE - Australia's Rocky Elsom scores during the international rugby union match between Italy and Australia at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter released Saturday that summarizes her medical history and status.
Dr. Joshua Simmons, a U.S. Army colonel and physician to the vice president, wrote that Harris, 59, maintains a healthy, active lifestyle and that her most recent physical last April was “unremarkable.”
She “possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,” he wrote in a two-page letter.
Harris' advisers hope to use the moment to draw a contrast with Republican Donald Trump, who has released only limited information about his health over the years, and raise questions about his fitness to serve, according to a campaign aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
Trump has released very little health information, including after his ear was grazed by a bullet during an assassination attempt in July.
Trump, 78, eagerly questioned President Joe Biden's health when the 81-year-old president was seeking reelection. Since Biden was replaced on the ticket with Harris, who is 59, Trump's own health has drawn more attention.
Last November, Trump marked Biden's birthday by releasing a letter from his physician that reported the former president was in “excellent” physical and mental health.
The letter posted on Trump’s social media platform contained no details to support its claims — measures like weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, or the results of any test.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
