According to the indictment, which Expressen was the first to report on, the sexual harassment of a woman is said to have taken place in June this year on a train between Borlänge and Stockholm.
Mats Årjes received information about the indictment on Monday morning and denies any crime.
However, he has asked to step aside for the time being from his work as chairman of SOK, which means that the committee's vice chairman Anders Larsson will lead next week's board meeting.
- It is of course a very unfortunate situation in many ways, says Larsson, who is however careful to point out that it is now a legal process that they must follow.
“Very surprised
Larsson says that he did not know about the suspicions against Årjes before the news of the indictment came earlier today.
- For my own part, this was new information today.
I was of course very surprised, he says to SVT Sport.