When will famous sportsmen who sexually manipulated us women get their justice? Part 1 (Part 2 will be tomorrow's podcast)- when I say "justice" meaning, when will they get found out for what they did? I, will, however, correct this title by saying "When will us women get our justice".
Former Olympian and legendary equestrian Rich Fellers pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor Wednesday after being charged with grooming his teenage student into an illegal relationship.
Fellers, 63, pleaded guilty to interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse in a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, local CBS affiliate station KOIN reported.
The ex-Olympic show jumper and coach is expected to be sentenced to four years in prison on the federal charges as well as a 30-month concurrent sentence on Washington County charges as part of a plea agreement, according to the outlet.
Fellers, who was widely revered in the equestrian community, was arrested in 2021 for sexually abusing one of his students when she was 17 years old.
The victim, Maggie Kehring, has spoken publicly about the abuse and described Fellers as a sort of father figure.
She moved to an apartment of her own at 15 to be near his barn and training center.
She said when she was 16, her coach suddenly expressed that he had feelings for her and began grooming her until they had sex after her 17th birthday, Bloomberg reported last year.
Their relationship continued until Fellers’ wife caught them together at an Airbnb they were all sharing near a horse show in Michigan, according to the publication.
When the abuse became known publicly, many in the tight-knit equestrian community lashed out at Kehring for the ban on the beloved coach and former Olympic star, she told the Chronicle of Horse in a previous interview.
Her lawyer said those people owe her an apology — especially now that Fellers has admitted to abusing her.
Now with that said in my PODCAST, I have told part 1 of my story when I was Sexually Assaulted/ Sexually Harassed during the summer of 2004 from sportsmen. I am not the only one as many women have gone though what I went through but we all just stay quiet about it only because their word against ours. Who would believe us- however, speaking up, we can do now.
