Senior manager of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association questioned why employee went to the union

Yesterday, the prosecutor decided to prosecute a former employee of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association for sexual assault.

Prosecutors say in a police interview that the now-accused person came to her while she was talking on the phone. The person then attaches a "firm grip on her torso with both arms and hands" and she then had no chance of getting loose.

“While the defendant clutches a grip with his arms about the target owner, he puts his left leg around her leg and locks easily. Then the defendant pushes the front of his thighs or abdomen against the plaintiff's right thigh and begins to 'itch'. "

The defendant has another version of what happened: "As on many other occasions, XXX hugged amicably when they met," it says in the hearing, whereupon he is confronted with the details of the plaintiff.

"This is a completely inaccurate description," he says, according to the interview.

In the preliminary investigation it appears that a senior manager of the union, already the same evening learned about the case. According to the lawsuit, the boss, who is subordinate to Secretary-General Tommy Boustedt, should have questioned that the union was plugged in a few days after it occurred.

“A day later, the manager calls XXX and questions why she went to the union. The manager then repeatedly asks something like "what do you want to get out of the situation? XXX then explains that since she does not own the decision on how the employer handles the suspect. XXX then feels strongly that she does not have or will receive any support from the employer ”, says the interrogator with the plaintiff.

On several occasions in the preliminary investigation protocol, a large dissatisfaction emerged in a couple of people about how the Swedish Ice Hockey Association handled the situation, something that SVT Sport previously reported.

"However, XXX (the defendant) is very disappointed with the employer about how they handled the case," it says.

The current manager has been questioned in the investigation. There he says he learned about the incident a few hours after it happened. He talked to the suspect the following day, and another day later with the defendant.

"Since the manager now had two versions to take a position on, he informed the defendant that in the future it is now '0-tolerance', with regard to similar behaviors".

In the interview, the following is about the manager's view on the debt issue:

"The boss sees that he has no reason to question either the plaintiff or the suspect's version."

The suspect denies the crime.

The union's former information assistant Anders Feltenmark was the union chair at the time. He has now been forced to leave. Officially because of a lack of work, but - according to SVT Sport - many people believe in the union that it is because he was the one who reported the incident.

SVT Sport has sought the current head, Secretary General Tommy Boustedt and the union's chairman Anders Larsson, the prosecutor and the union's information department