Figure skater accuses John Coughlin of sexual abuse

Former figure skater Bridget Namiotka accused her former partner John Coughlin of abuse in several Facebook posts on Sunday evening, writing that the late figure skater had “sexually abused” her for two years.

According to USA Today, Namiotka was Coughlin’s partner from 2004 to 2007, when she was between 14 and 17 and he was between 18 and 21. They won three medals on the Junior Grand Prix series and placed ninth at the 2007 U.S. Championships.

Coughlin committed suicide earlier this year. He was 33.

Namiotka, 29, wrote four posts on Facebook about Coughlin on Sunday evening, accusing him of abuse.

“I’m sorry, but John hurt at least ten people, including me,” Namiotka wrote in the first post. “He sexually abused me for two years. No innocent person hangs themselves.”

Namiotka followed the first post with three more just a few minutes later.

“Someone who is innocent does not hang himself,” Namiotka wrote. “Think of the victims when you speak for what he did to at least ten girls.”

“Think of all the girls he hurt,” Namiotka wrote.

“Grooming happens,” she wrote in her last post. “It happened to me and he hurt a lot of girls. Think of the victims.”

John Manley, an attorney who also represents more than 200 victims in the gymnastics abuse case involving former team doctor Larry Nassar, told USA Today that he is representing Namiotka and her family, as well as two other people who claimed Coughlin abused them when they were minors. He also confirmed that Namiotka was the author of the four Facebook posts on Sunday.

“My clients and I want to make this clear: John Coughlin exploited his position of trust and power, as well as his notoriety in figure skating, to sexually abuse several minors, three of whom I represent,” Manly told USA Today in March.

Coughlin’s former agent, Tara Modlin, responded to USA Today on Monday night, calling Namiotka “unstable.”

“You seem to want me to comment on the Facebook comment of an unstable person – I don’t really understand your question,” Modlin wrote to USA Today. “My suggestion is to call some of his other partners…”

Coughlin committed suicide amid numerous allegations and investigations

Coughlin committed suicide in January and was found at his father’s home near Kansas City. Just a day before his death, he was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport while facing three charges of sexual misconduct – two of which involved minors, according to USA Today.

Less than two weeks before his death, he denied the allegations against him, calling them “baseless.” SafeSport announced in February that it was closing the investigation.

“We are not a punitive agency,” SafeSport spokesman Dan Hill told USA Today in January. “When someone is suspended, it is to protect the individual. It is only about the safety of the person making the report. Unfortunately, in this case, the safety issue does not exist.”

Coughlin won the gold medal at the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the silver medal at the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships with partner Caydee Denney. Denney and Coughlin narrowly missed qualifying to compete for the United States at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

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