The former skier, who would hate at least 12 women, including two 11 -year -old girls admitted to “having done harm”
The world of skiing has been shaken for several weeks by the “Joel Chenal case”. The vice -champion of giant at the 2006 games and then coach, was accused of sexual harassment by at least 12 women, including two of just 11 years (at the time of the accident), and is the subject of a complaint for sexual violence. In an interview released on Sunday to the “Dauphiné Libéré”, Chenal admitted that he had committed “unforgivable” acts.
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In the interview, Chenal, 51 years old, admitted that he had “done badly”, without entering the details of the facts, which have been defined as “unforgivable” in his words. “Every time I was aware of what I did, I knew it. And every time I fell back into the old habits.” The story was revealed by an in -depth investigation by Le Monde, published in July, and concerns episodes that would occur between 2005 and 2021 with an identical modus operandi: an offer of coaching services before making meetings degenerate in sexual acts. All the testimonies collected by Le Monde concern minors. Chenal in 2017 was ousted from his position as a coach within the Federation. “Somehow, I think they knew …” he said. This did not prevent him from continuing in the acts of violence. The former skier then mentioned his departure from the private organization Orsatus in 2021, when the manager “learned that an athlete had received a sexually explicit photo from him”, according to Dauphiné Libéré.