Asi Maman
Illustration (Reuters)
Exposure: A new affair excites Israeli tennis. A minor tennis player, who previously won the Israeli championship, posted on her social media account that she allegedly underwent sexual harassment from one of her coaches after training hours.
The story excites the Israeli industry, after the minor tennis player spoke openly about the sexual harassment she experienced while crying: “I was about 12 and a half years old, he was my coach from the age of 5, I always thought of him as a second father, because my parents were divorced and my father was not All the time next to me, so he filled the place. I trusted him and had a very strong trust with him. “One day after I had a training session with him, he said he would drive me, but we took a short break so that I could eat a sandwich at his house.”
The Tennessee continued: “When we talked about training then he started hugging me and touching certain places that are not normal places. Then he lay down and told me to lie on it. I did because I thought it was a hug but then he started acting and letting his hands travel over my body like nothing. I could not do anything because I had a blackout and could not move my body or do anything, so it went on like this for about 15 minutes and then he started going to more sexual places. “After that, they called me, it was my mother and I am so happy that it happened because I do not know what would have happened if she had not called.”
The girl added about the impact of the case on her: “After this case I have trust issues and I can not open up to people with a certain ease. I could not be close to men alone, so if we were to say such situations I would say I am in a hurry or not feeling well and going because I could not look at men even if they are my relatives ”.
The family decided not to complain to the police, and a relative of the family said: “Her condition is good, she was relieved after she told it and took it out. This story is now behind her. ” The case came to the attention of the Tennis Association and was handled by the person in charge of sexual and protected harassment of teenagers, the issue was handled in accordance with the law. The union also kept in touch with the Olympic Committee and the family.
From the Tennis Association reported: “As soon as the tennis association was exposed to information disseminated on the social network, it immediately conducted an investigation in collaboration with the Olympic Committee and the person responsible for sports protection on its behalf. As part of the investigation, a conversation took place with the mother, who said that for her, the affair was closed. The mother, did not agree to give details about the incident and the coach in question and strongly requested not to engage in the matter so as not to harm the child. “Due to the fact that the girl went through a number of associations and coaches during the years she was an active player in the tennis association, it was not possible to know which coach it was.”
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