The families of the children who participated in the martial arts school he ran the 46-year-old accused in the area of Agios Nikolaos in Lasithi, Crete.
- A martial arts coach was arrested in Crete. 8 of his students complain of harassment[/B]
- "Antagonist made my children denounce me". What the coach accused of sexual harassment
According to the report, police arrested yesterday a 46-year-old man who, based on complaints, allegedly sexually harassed his students at a kick boxing school[/B] operating in Crete. As they complained to the authorities, the eight former students of the 46-year-old man treated them badly while he made them do strange things to him.
Specifically, according to his former students, he made them massage him while he watched porn movies while in the year 2017-2018 he had forcibly spanked one of his students.
It is worth noting that the 46-year-old martial arts teacher denies everything while stressing that the allegations made against him are fabricated in order to damage his reputation and his professional career.
The eight former students who made the complaint have been dropped by his own club and are in a competitive team which includes a former athlete of his with whom they were at odds for competitive reasons.
What the former athletes told the police
The children, who were tortured for seven full years in Lasithi, found the strength to report their 46-year-old teacher to the police. "He made us give him massages, wearing only his underwear and he was watching porn on his mobile phone" were some of the things the eight students reported to the island's police officers.
In fact, the children aged 13 to 20 underlined that he terrorized them and treated them like his property, causing them severe physical and mental pain. "He talked to us badly and cursed us a lot and treated us very harshly if we did not do exactly what he told us" said the 8 students, among others.
But what shocked most of all was the complaint of his student, who told the authorities that in 2017-2018 the perpetrator had made her give him a massage and suddenly started pushing her all over her body, terrifying her. "He had me massaging him and he started pushing my body," the athlete told police officers investigating the serious case.
It is worth noting that these situations are described as unfolding mainly during short-day missions of the coach and his athletes in the context of competitions outside Crete.
The chronicle of the case
Seven boys and a girl, went to a police station in Lassithi and complained that their 46-year-old coach besides treating them in an offensive and degrading way, made them massage him while he was watching porn on his mobile phone. As all 8 children complained, while he was being massaged and watching pornographic material, he was only in his underwear
In fact, this had not only happened once, but happened very frequently from 2014 to 2021. Meanwhile, the girl who is now 20 years old complained that in 2017 the 46-year-old coach stalked her
and spanked her.
Following the allegations, police officers proceeded to search his home yesterday and found a gun, leading to his arrest for weapons offences.
What parents of the children who reported their torture to the authorities
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"To this day I still can't believe it, both I and the children's mother are terribly upset and distressed" she said about the revelations about the 46-year-old martial arts coach in Agios Nikolaos
The local community of Agios Nikolaos is upset after the revelations that a 46-year-old martial arts coach was committing lewd acts against his students, some of whom are minors. At the same time, new evidence is coming to light regarding the case that has shocked the whole of Crete and Greece in general.
"It dropped like a bomb on our heads"
The father of four of the eight children who denounced the 46-year-old man
talking to cretapost.gr says he is devastated. "I was shocked, it hit me like a bomb in the head what happened and even today I can't believe it. Both I and the children's mother are terribly upset and sad. I can't express my feelings right now," he said
How the revelation was made
The family in question has four children aged 20, 15 (twins) and 13 all boys and all were students at the martial arts school run by the 46-year-old and participated in the sport's competitions.
Meanwhile and according to reliable sources the father was reportedly facing a serious health problem. When medical tests finally showed that the results were negative and all was well with the father's health then his younger son reportedly confided to his father all that he and his older brothers were experiencing at the martial arts school.
Source: protothema.gr
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