The ban is a result of an OSIC investigation into an allegation that Sorensen sexually assaulted an American figure skating coach and former skater in Hartford, Conn., in 2012
Canadian figure skater Nikolaj Sorensen has been suspended for at least six years for “sexual maltreatment,” the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner said Wednesday.
Skate Canada, the nation’s governing body of figure skating and a signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, said in a statement it “has been made aware of the decision from Abuse-Free Sport in this matter and is taking the necessary action to comply with it..Sorensen and skating partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry were active last season despite the allegation, which first emerged in a USA Today report in early January, and the OSIC investigation.
The 35-year-old Sorensen competed for Denmark, the country of his birth, before switching allegiance to Canada when Beaudry, who is from Montreal, was unable to obtain Danish citizenship before the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. OSIC opened in June 2022 to handle complaints and investigations for national-level athletes in sporting organizations that sign on to the program. Former sports minister Pascale St-Onge established it to be an independent body for abuse complaints following Hockey Canada’s scandal that year.
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