The father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children, his lawyer said Monday, escalating an ongoing conflict involving one of Norway's most prominent sporting families. Ingebrigtsen won the 1,500-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics and has emerged as one of Europe's biggest track-and-field stars after being coached since childhood by his father Gjert Ingebrigtsen.
Monday’s charges did not relate to the 23-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen or his older brothers Henrik and Filip, the three prominent runners. Police did not disclose the identity of the child. Terese Braut Våge, head of police in southeastern Norway, told The Associated Press that cases involving five other alleged victims had been dismissed 'on the basis of the evidence' and in one case because of a statute of limitations.
But on Oct. 19 last year, the three brothers published an op-ed in Norwegian newspaper VG detailing their father's behavior and said he 'had been very aggressive and controlling' and violent and abusive during their childhoods. They said 'the same aggression and physical punishment struck again' two years ago toward someone else, and that was 'the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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