Deafening inaction by the EOE Fan Spirit Committee which nonetheless has not decided on the complaints it examined 17 months in the past
Even earlier than soiled instances pending within the space of Greek gymnastics (instrumental and rhythmic) are cleared up, new complaints come to gentle every now and then, as one after one other gymnasts discover the energy to report abusive conduct of every kind (violent, sexual and verbal abuses, torture, capsizing, and so on.) by coaches and gamers of the game, a number of of whom proceed to cooperate in varied positions with the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation.
As Documento has printed many occasions, there are dozens of complaints by feminine athletes, they concern very severe offenses that quantity to rape or tried rape or exploitation of minors, lots of that are time-barred as they occurred a few years in the past. Nevertheless, the complaints of the athletes had been made not a lot to place the accused in jail, however primarily to scrub up the sports activities space and take away them, as a few of them are nonetheless federal coaches or collaborate with TEFAA faculties…
Silence in all places
Along with the newest grievance by an instrumental athlete, who filed a lawsuit for tried rape by her coach whereas she was an energetic athlete, the key problem of absolutely the inaction of the Hellenic Sports activities Spirit, Ethics and Ethics Committee (EFIPED) is again within the public eye. Olympic Committee (EOE) and considerations the complaints made, in April 2021, by 22 feminine rhythmic gymnasts (within the course of, the complaints exceeded 40) for abuse whereas they had been energetic. What have EOG and EFIPED performed since then? The gymnastics federation did all the pieces it might to maintain the case from rising, it hid behind formal and bureaucratic procedures and didn’t dare to ship these instances to its disciplinary committee, regardless that its statute states that “immoral offenses do not need a statute of limitations.”
And EFIPED is obstructing. Particularly, the surprising factor concerning the Spirit Fan Committee is that it has examined 26 of those instances since January and February 2023 and nonetheless, a 12 months and a half later, it has not decided! “Abusing an individual both bodily or psychologically has no place in sports activities or in society. In my opinion, I’ll do all the pieces I can to make clear the case” the president of EFIPED said in January 2021 George Lenos after her grievance on the time Sophia Bekatorou for sexual harassment by her coach. Within the case of the feminine gymnasts, plainly a variety of work was left to the committee and its determination might take… years.
For that reason, the athlete’s lawyer Alexandros Adamidis, who regardless of his fixed complaints to the committee has not obtained the slightest response, despatched a letter-complaint to the committee, EGO and to Mr. Minister of Sports activities G. Brutsis by which he asks to know the explanations for the unbelievable delay in making a call by the committee…
As Mr. Adamidis said in Documento: “The aim of our grievance was to search out one of many complainants to sue us for defamation, in order that the case file could possibly be reopened. So a coach was discovered who has been denounced by the champion Maria Papakou for abusive conduct in the direction of different athletes and filed a lawsuit towards her for defamation. Thus, the file of this soiled case shall be opened once more and there the court docket will decide whether or not what the mentioned gentleman complained about is true or not.” It must be famous that M. Papakou has additionally reported one other coach for trying to rape her…
“CV Heavy”
However to return to the grievance that was revealed final Wednesday by one other champion of the instrument towards her coach for tried rape and sexual abuse within the 5 years 2012-17, allow us to word that the complainant has a “heavy resume” within the complaints towards him. Specifically, 4 different complaints weigh on this particular coach who continues his work as if nothing occurred.
Data even states that the coach was asking the champion who denounced him for 60% of the small quantities she obtained for touring, one thing like a reward for her distinctions within the instrumental, and we’re speaking about quantities starting from 300 to 500 euros! The identical info states that when the athlete’s father requested the coach for the particular cash, clarifying that they’re a poor household and want this cash for the upkeep and preparation of his daughter within the sport, the coach threatened to cease he trains her. For some time he did and began coaching her once more after lastly getting the cash he was asking for…
The report additionally states that the athlete knowledgeable the president of the federation on the time Ath. Stathopoulos concerning the inappropriate conduct of the coach and the president requested her to file a grievance. The athlete was scared and advised him that she shouldn’t be but able to go public with the matter and for the extra motive that she continues to be an athlete and her profession shall be ruined. In keeping with the athlete’s testimony, the president of EGO then requested her to signal a accountable assertion by which she would write that “she doesn’t want to report something as a result of she shouldn’t be prepared…”, as a substitute of him transferring earth and heaven to make clear the case …
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