The flying French skating club has decided to put Gilles Beyer on the sidelines after the rape accusations of former skater Sarah Abitbol, who recounts in a book published on Thursday, Un si long silence , le calvaire que son vivant his former trainer. She was then 15 years old.
“The Flying French Club confirms the dismissal of any function and activity within its midst of General Delegate Gilles Beyer, with immediate effect and without time limit. This decision resulted from the serious accusations leveled against the latter through a large number of media. "
Victim of sexual abuse for two years, Sarah Abitbol tells of her hell via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/IBVWp8y7sE
- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) January 29, 2020The club expresses "all its emotion"
French skating champion in 1978, then director of the French teams and national coach in the 80s and 90s, Gilles Beyer appeared again on Thursday as "manager and technical advisor" on the club's website chaired by his brother, Alain Beyer.
“The Club wishes to express to its members all its emotion and undertakes to deploy the utmost attention and energy to maintain the trust that practitioners, their families and have placed in it for many years in terms of 'welcome and coaching', add the Flying French, the figure skating and ice hockey club based in Bercy.
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"You screwed me up" ... Victim of sexual abuse for two years, Sarah Abitbol tells of her ordeal in a book
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