PARIS (FRANCE)
Associated Press via Seattle Times
February 3, 2020
By Samuel Petrequin
The head of the French skating federation will be grilled Monday by the country’s sports minister following a string of accusations of sexual abuse and rape by a coach on underage skaters.
Didier Gailhaguet is not directly targeted by the claims but will be asked about coach Gilles Beyer, who has been accused of rape and continued to work with the federation following an investigation that raised suspicion in the early 2000s.
Gailhaguet was called in following the publication of a book last week in which Sarah Abitbol, a 10-time French champion and bronze medalist in the pairs at the 2000 world championships, accused Beyer of raping her between 1990 and 1992 when she was a teenager.
“I’m expecting him to give me explanations on how, and why these cases took place,” French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said.
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