The television presenter of Sky Charlie Webster revealed at BBC Radio 5 that she was sexually abused by her coach when she was 15.
The 31-year-old news presenter told that she was waiving her right to anonymity in order to "break the taboo about abuse as a whole".
Since Charlie trusted her coach so well, she did not knew what was going on.
"I got quite close to the running coach because you do. You start to trust them when you're a young kid, and he started to take me for a few private sessions because he said I was good and I could do with some extra sessions because that would really help," Charlie said.
"He abused the fact that I was an innocent person who wanted his support and his compassion and his care as my running coach," She added.
Her coach was sentenced to 10 years of jail. One report of abused of another girl put the coach to be sentenced for life.
Charlie admitted that she was not aware she was being assaulted that time, since she was so young.
"I didn't understand. I really lacked confidence. I didn't know what he was doing was wrong. Not one time in my head did I think 'I'm being sexually assaulted', because if I did, I would have done something about it."
The presenter revealed her story for she wants to help those who are experiencing such kind of trouble. She also wants to 'break the taboo about abuse as a whole'.
Charlie is currently linked with charity that caters to raise awareness against abuse for women and children. She is now training for a 250-mile, seven day run to raise awareness for the said topic.
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