Artistic gymnastics trainer Laszlo G. (40) committed multiple sexual acts with a child. The St. Gallen prosecutor accuses the Hungarian, as from a report of the “Tagblatt” emerges. The newspaper therefore has an internal letter from the public prosecutor. It says that the criminal investigation against the trainer has been completed. In addition to sexual acts, G. is also due to several Coerced as well as attempted coercion.
Laszlo G. trained the gymnasts of the Regional Performance Center Eastern Switzerland (RLZO) in Wil SG for five years. He was celebrated for his success (BLICK reported). Until one of his protégés showed him last summer. A gymnast accused him, according to “Tagblatt”, of making her drunk at home as a 15-year-old in 2017 and of having sexually abused her on several occasions.
Victim is called a liar
In mid-October, the head coach, who has since been dismissed, was released on bail. The public prosecutor’s office, which had applied for an extension of pre-trial detention, continued to investigate. The wife of Laszlo G. was then appointed as the new head coach.
The alleged victim, however, resigned, according to the newspaper. She had felt too little support on the part of those responsible for the center and there had also been conflicts with the parents of Mitturner. She told Tagblatt that her colleagues would “more or less openly call her a liar.”
She had waited so long to report it because Laszlo G. was like a “second father” to her. He had told her not to tell anyone anything because it could harm him and her very much. She had stuck to it for a year and a half because she wanted to protect the other gymnasts and his wife from the scandal. (vof)