He was accused by French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne of putting pressure on her to favour Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze over Canada's Jamie Sale and David Pelletier in the pairs competition.
Le Gougne later retracted the accusation but the International Olympic Committee awarded the Canadians duplicate gold medals. The ISU banned Le Gougne and Gailhaguet for three years and from the 2006 Turin Olympics.
"I have brought (the scandal) up with every member I have spoken to, and said 'okay, I am not perfect, I have made mistakes, but all this has changed me'," the president of the French Ice Sports Federation told insidethegames website (www.insidethegames.biz) during the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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"Even murderers who have been in jail get a second chance.
"Why shouldn’t I? I didn’t kill anyone. I didn’t press a gun against any of the nine judges, I didn’t pay money," added 62-year-old former figure skater.
"I’m not a saint, not perfect, but I never went over the blue line. "This is not fair to me at all.
"Nobody, even my worst opponents, cannot say I do not have a true passion and authenticity about skating and all sport."
Gailhaguet has employed Mike Lee's British consultancy firm, which last year helped Sebastian Coe to become president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to organise his campaign.
(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Ed Osmond)
