[2] Haouas was banned from playing for three weeks in 2020 after punching Scottish player Jamie Ritchie during the 2020 Six Nations Championship.

Haouas reportedly chased, tripped and slapped his wife outside a shopping centre in Montpellier the week before the trial.

The French Rugby Federation also stated that Haouas's behaviour was "unacceptable and incompatible with the representation of [the] nation at the international level.

[12][11] In August 2024, Montpellier director of rugby, Bernard Laporte commented on the decision, "“There was a real desire on the part of the president [Mohed Altrad] and me to bring him back.

His blood-alcohol was 1.8 grams per litre of blood, which exceeded the 0.5g/l limit in France, and he was found unconscious behind the wheel of his parked vehicle.