French skater Sarah Abitbol, whose testimony triggered a judicial inquiry against her ex-trainer Gilles Beyer, does not intend to file complaints. "The acts of rape committed from 1990 to 1992, by its trainer, person having authority, against Mrs. Sarah Abibtol, born on June 8, 1975, are prescribed", recall her lawyers, Jean-Luc Chetboun and Isabelle Burlacot- Hunsinger. "She therefore does not file a complaint," continues the press release.
This clarification follows the words of the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, who said Tuesday on Franceinfo to have "proposed" this approach to the former champion: "she already planned to do it", "she will file a complaint," said the Minister, in an appeal to victims, in all sports, to report similar events.
A few days after the publication of the figure skater's book ("Un si long silence", Plon), the Paris public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday for rape and sexual assault on minors by a person having authority over the victim.
The figure skater denounced the facts "to be able to rebuild herself, but also to bring her voice and her support to the suffering women, who did not reveal their heavy secret", it is written. "Sarah remains at the disposal of justice as a witness," conclude the lawyers.
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