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French ice skaters accuse former coaches of multiple rapes

Ten-time French ice skating champion and world championships bronze medal winner Sarah Abitbol has said in an interview this week she was repeatedly raped between the ages of 15 and 17 by her former coach who, along with two fellow instructors, is also accused by three other skaters of rape and sexual abuse when they were minors.

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Former world bronze medal winning skater Sarah Abitbol has broken years of self-imposed silence with allegations that she was repeatedly raped between the ages of 15 and 17 by her coach, amid a series of new revelations about sexual abuse in French sport, reports FRANCE 24.

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