In line with Norwegian information outlet VG, two-time Olympic and world champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen alleged that his father, Gjert, abused him bodily and psychologically from age seven. Gjert is now set to face trial in 2025 for abuse of each Jakob and his sister, Ingrid.
Norway’s Nettavisen Information revealed the alleged incidents of verbal and bodily abuse embrace slapping and kicking Jakob alongside threats to “beat him to demise.” Jakob’s siblings corroborate his claims; the costs span from 2008 to 2018.
The trial is scheduled to final 30 court docket days and can reportedly embrace testimonies from greater than 30 witnesses. The utmost sentence for abuse in Norway in a detailed relationship is six years.
Gjert, 58, has denied all allegations in opposition to him. A press release from his attorneys, John Christian Elden and Heidi Reisvang, says, “Gjert Ingebrigtsen maintains what he has mentioned all alongside. He doesn’t admit prison guilt for the issues he’s accused of and that he has by no means subjected any of his kids to both bodily or psychological abuse.”
In April, Gjert was charged by Norwegian police with one rely of bodily abuse after allegedly hitting Jakob’s youthful sister, Ingrid, within the face with a moist towel in 2022. Abuse prices from the 5 different siblings have reportedly been dropped by police.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father might face six years in jail for bodily abuse
Background
Gjert was the longtime coach of Jakob and his older brothers Henrik, 33, and Filip, 31, who’ve additionally competed for Norway on the Olympics. In 2022, the Ingebrigtsen brothers introduced their father would not be teaching them on account of well being causes. On the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Gjert was denied accreditation. In a press release from the brothers in VG in 2023, it was revealed that their relationship with their father was marked by aggression, management and bodily violence.
“Now we have recognized the concern of rising up with a father who’s aggressive, controlling and violent,” the assertion learn. “Once we have been youthful, we have been a big group of siblings who stood on this collectively. Now, the state of affairs is insufferable.”
