WARNING: This story accommodates disturbing particulars
Former Canadian Olympian Angus Mortimer was banned from collaborating in Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) occasions after being discovered responsible of sexual harassment in a call introduced this week.
The CKC, the game’s nationwide governing physique, introduced on Thursday that Mortimer, 38, was completely ineligible to take part in something below its purview, and that he should present a letter of apology to the complainants, who weren’t named.
“CKC commends the braveness of the complainants who’ve come ahead and can proceed to supply assist to them in relation to this matter,” the group stated in an announcement.
Mortimer, of Ottawa, competed for Canada from 2005 by way of 2016. He positioned ninth in a dash occasion on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Whereas the CKC didn’t launch additional particulars, The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that Mortimer used his standing to groom teenage ladies in this system and coerce them into sexual acts.
Citing a panel of impartial adjudicators who oversaw the case, which was launched 4 years in the past, The Globe reported that Mortimer would strategy ladies as younger as 15 and begin a relationship by way of on-line messaging.
In a single occasion, one in every of 5 complainants alleged that Mortimer used his hand to pressure her into an oral intercourse act. In one other, the panel discovered {that a} sufferer awakened in a lodge room to Mortimer raping her. In each circumstances, the victims have been intoxicated.
The incidents all came about between 2009 and 2013. The CKC stated Mortimer was in violation of its 2015 Discrimination and Harassment Coverage.
The Globe additionally reported that there was a legal case introduced towards Mortimer, which concluded with none costs.
CBC Sports activities has not independently confirmed the reviews.