The father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children, his lawyer says. It is the latest development in an ongoing conflict involving one of Norway’s most prominent sporting families.
FILE - From left, brothers Filip Ingebrigtsen, Jakob Ingebrigtsen , and Henrik Ingebrigtsen, of Norway , react after competing in the men’s 5000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 30, 2019. Father of Ingebrigtsen brothers is charged with abuse of “one of his minor children,” lawyer says.
Police launched an investigation into Gjert Ingebrigtsen after that, and on Monday charged him with having physically and mentally abused another of his younger children. Norwegian newspaper VG, citing the indictment, reported that the abuse took place during a four-year period and included threats, coercion and hitting his child with a wet towel on at least one occasion.
Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s lawyer John Christian Elden said his 58-year-old client “disagrees with the presentation of the events” and “consequently does not admit criminal guilt.” But on Oct. 19 last year, the three brothers published an op-ed in Norwegian newspaper VG detailing their father’s behavior and said he “had been very aggressive and controlling” and violent and abusive during their childhoods.
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