{"id":100349,"date":"2023-10-27T00:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100349"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:58:23","slug":"police-launch-investigation-into-abuse-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/police-launch-investigation-into-abuse-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch investigation into abuse claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Norwegian police launch investigation into claims that Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his two brothers were abused by their father and former coach Gjert &#8211; who denies the allegations<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1500metres gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ingebrigtsen and his two brothers were coached by their father, Gjert<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They claim they were abused by their father but he denies the allegations\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police have launched an investigation into claims that Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were abused by their father and former coach.<\/p>\n<p>Ingebrigtsen, the 1500metres gold medallist at Tokyo 2020, and his elder siblings, Henrik and Filip, accused their dad Gjert of \u2018physical violence and threats\u2019 in an explosive article for Norway\u2019s VG newspaper last week.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian authorities have now announced that they have opened a criminal case, although Gjert, who denies the allegations, has not been charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This was not unexpected and my client is confident of the outcome of such an investigation,\u2019 said the 57-year-old\u2019s lawyer, John Christian Elden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The fact that the police are opening an investigation does not mean that there are reasonable grounds to suspect Ingebrigtsen of anything criminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/76796051-0-Jakob_Ingebrigtsen_won_gold_at_the_2020_Tokyo_Olympics_in_the_me-a-1_1698363563667.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Norwegian police have launched an investigation into claims that Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen (pictured) and his two brothers were abused by their father and former coach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/76796527-0-Gjert_Ingebrigtsen_left_helped_guide_his_sons_to_international_a-a-2_1698363590104.jpg\" height=\"565\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gjert (left) helped guide his sons to international athletics glory before their split last year<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It has been impossible for Ingebrigtsen to defend himself against the undocumented claims his sons made in VG. Ingebrigtsen is clear that the allegation of violence is unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Although a police investigation is of course a great burden both for Gjert Ingebrigtsen and the rest of his family in an already difficult time, it is also his only opportunity to be cleared.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Gjert guided all three of his sons to become European champions before stepping down as their coach last year for medical reasons. However, it later emerged there had been a family rift and the brothers went public about their experience of being coached by their dad last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/00\/76796673-0-Gjert_has_denied_the_accusations_saying_he_is_far_from_perfect_a-a-3_1698363598034.jpg\" height=\"488\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gjert has denied the allegations and has not been charged despite the police investigation<\/p>\n<p>Writing in VG, they said: \u2018We have grown up with a father who has been very aggressive and controlling, and who has used physical violence and threats as part of his upbringing. We still feel discomfort and fear, which has been in us since childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Somehow we have accepted this. We have lived with it and in adulthood we have moved on. At least we thought so. In retrospect, we realise that it was naive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But two years ago, the same aggression and physical punishment struck again. It was the drop that made the cup run over.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have known the fear of growing up with a father who is aggressive, controlling and violent. When we were smaller, we were a big group of siblings who were in this together. Now the situation is unbearable.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/othersports\/article-12678269\/Olympics-Norway-Jakob-Ingebrigtsen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian police launch investigation into claims that Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his two brothers were abused by their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police launch investigation into abuse claims - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/police-launch-investigation-into-abuse-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police launch investigation into abuse claims - 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