Gilles Beyer, ex-trainer of Sarah Abitbol whom the skater accuses of rape and sexual assaults, conceded to AFP on Friday “Intimate relationships” and ‘Inappropriate’ with her, telling herself ” Sincerely sorry “ and presenting him with his “Apology”, while evoking different memories. “If my memories of their exact circumstances differ from his, I am aware that, given my duties and his age at the time, these relationships were in any event inappropriate”, says Gilles Beyer, accused by Sarah Abitbol over a period from 1990 to 1992, when she was 15 to 17 years old.
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The Parisian flying French club also dismissed Gilles Beyer from his duties as general manager on Friday. This “Sidelined from any function and activity […] with immediate effect and without time limit ”, “Results from the serious charges brought against him”, can we read in particular in a “Internal press release”, published on the club website.
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As revealed on Wednesday in an investigation by The Team, the Ministry of Sports had ended in 2001 the functions of sports technical advisor to Gilles Beyer, then director of the teams of France, on the basis of a report concerning “Serious acts” committed to several young skaters. Despite this sidelining, Gilles Beyer continued his career as a manager of the Flying French, where he remained in contact with minor skaters, and served several terms on the executive office of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) until ‘in 2018. This retention puts pressure on the president of the federation, Didier Gailhaguet. He is due to be received by Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu on Monday.
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In a book published Thursday (Such a long silence, Plon), Sarah Abitbol, European multi-medalist and world bronze medalist in couple in 2000, accuses Gilles Beyer of having raped and sexually assaulted her between 1990 and 1992, the first time during a youth internship in La Roche-sur -Yon. Another former skater, Hélène Godard, told The Team to have been a victim of Gilles Beyer when she was a minor.
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