“They did not want to start the process against the coach” the parents of the sailor who reported her rape while she was a minor, testified at the trial before his MOD 39 years old, the policeman to which they had addressed about seven years ago the athlete’s parents after being informed by their child about her sexual abuse by the accused.
The policeman, who served in the city where the family of the 21-year-old athlete lives today, testified in court that when her parents, then a minor, went sailing to the Police Department he was not reported for rape.
The witness rejected the position of the family of the alleged victim that they were not properly treated by the Police, which had discouraged them from denouncing the 39-year-old defendant. As the policeman stated: “My parents did not tell me about the rape. I did not urge them not to testify, but to take care of their child above all and after gathering other information, to come to me or go to the Juvenile. Would I be so lame not to do something? “If I did not do my job well, as they say, why did they not go to the prosecutor’s office?”
According to the witness, the athlete’s parents “did not want to start the process. They came to ask what the stages are if they go ahead and what problems they would face. I told them we would be confidential but I could not guarantee he would not find out from anyone else. I realized that they did not want to testify at that time. That’s what I got. We told them to come as soon as they gathered the information, but they never came. “
He testified in court 21-year-old athlete, who kept her distance from the complaint against the 39-year-old coach, saying that “if A .. came to condemn this relationship I would be with her. I can not support the rape. “If there was even a suspicion of rape, I would not be here today.”
The witness, who has been sued by the alleged victim for forgery, testified in court that there was a close relationship between her teammate and the coach at the urging of her parents. “The coach had a close relationship with her parents and was motivated to be together on different occasions. We should have gone to, say, a tournament and they wanted A .. to go with the accused’s car. The same thing happened when he changed category (in the sport) and there was the same motivation towards the new coach. “They were preparing food for A .., they were also preparing food for the new coach”, he stated.
The witness also referred to a trip to the Netherlands, where he had seen A .. and the accused lying in bed: “Many times I could have left with the other athlete and when we returned we saw them lying in bed together. “There was the same contact pattern.”
She also said that when her mother spoke to the mother of the alleged victim advising her to be careful, she had told her not to talk about her daughter again.
In his own testimony, a member, during the disputed period, of the Board of the Nautical Club of the area of ​​residence of the family of the 21-year-old athlete, said that when the father of the alleged victim learned from his daughter about her sexual abuse by the coach, he was shocked. The witness also said: “He told me that something bad had happened. I do not remember the words specifically. That an act took place. The point was that something had happened between the accused and A .., of a sexual nature. He was shocked. He said “what happened to me! what did he do to me! ” I did not ask for more “.
The witness said that when he heard about the complaint against the coach a year ago: “I was surprised. “I did not have the impression then that it was rape.” The trial continues.
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