Olympic champion in the 3000-meter hurdles Conselsus Kipruto was accused at home in Kenya of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Due to her age, a 25-year-old athlete faces at least twenty years in prison if convicted.
Today, Kipruto denied the guilt in court in the town of Kapsabet and remained at large thanks to a bail of $ 1,800 (roughly 40,000 crowns).
Kipruto allegedly had intercourse with the girl on October 20 and 21, and was first arrested on November 11. Kenyan media reports that the girl disappeared from her home and stayed in the athlete’s house for three days.
Kipruto won the 3,000 hurdles at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and then won the next two World Championships in London and Doha. This year, the elite steeplar did not race, he withdrew from the August meeting of the Diamond League in Monaco due to coronavirus infection.
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