Sarah Abitbol, ​​at the 2003 European Championships -

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A relief tinged with bitterness.

Sarah Abitbol learned upon awakening in Miami, where she has lived and coached young skaters since 2015, that the man she accused in January 2020 of having repeatedly raped her between the ages of 15 and 17, had been put in police custody and then in examination, following the opening last February of a preliminary investigation for "rape and sexual assault on minors by a person in authority".

Former skating trainer Gilles Beyer, accused of sexual assault by several women, was indicted on Friday for “sexual assault” and “sexual harassment”.

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Six new decisive testimonies

Gilles Beyer, former international judge and trainer at the Club des Français Volants, was indicted for "sexual assault" and "sexual harassment" and placed under judicial supervision, thanks to charges brought by six adult women at the time of the alleged facts. recent than those, even more serious, denounced by Sarah Abitbol.

A frustration which the young woman in the Obs has trouble getting rid of: "I am relieved that justice finally summons Gilles Beyer but I find it unfair that we cannot be on the bench of the victims".

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, she adds: “The prescription devours me and the other victims too.

Today I am fighting on behalf of all the anonymous victims for the imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against minors.

We must change the laws, I will not let go of this fight!

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"Prescription devours me"

Several skaters or ex-skaters have also accused Mr. Beyer in the press, such as Hélène Godard, Laure Detante or even Najma Mahamoud, French junior champion in 2014, after the publication of Sarah Abitbol's book, Un si long silence, which led to a flood of revelations in many federations in 2020.

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