Swimming coach accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old Pretoria teen

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A 16-year-old Pretoria girl is the latest to come forward about claims of sexual assault at the hands of her swimming coach.

The family of the Grade 10 pupil opened a case of sexual assault at the Brooklyn Police Station. The girl, who was 15 at the time of the alleged abuse is now one of three women who have come forward, claiming they were sexually assaulted by their coaches.

Saturday Star spoke to the father of the Pretoria girl who explained how his daughter was groomed and eventually molested. The teenager took swimming lessons with the man at a well-known Pretoria school. In Durban, two women who opened a case against their former coach, claiming he sexually assaulted girls as young as ten-years-old. The women, who are now both in their 50s, opened a case of sexual assault at the Pinetown Police Station in Durban last week. In their statements to police, they claimed they were sexually groomed by the swimming legend in the late 70s and and early 80s. The man’s identity is known to Saturday Star.

 

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