Former Olympian Set To Plead Guilty To Multiple Charges Of Molesting Boys In 1970s – News18

BOSTON: A former Olympian and longtime monitor coach is anticipated to plead responsible Thursday to prices of sexually molesting younger boys whereas working at a sports activities camp in western Massachusetts within the 1970s.

Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda within the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, was anticipated to enter the plea to 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a toddler over 14 and 4 counts of indecent assault and battery on a toddler below 14 in Berkshire Superior Court.

Mainwaring, a Los Angeles resident and United Kingdom nationwide, was accused of molesting campers from 1975 to 1979 whereas working as a counselor at Camp Greylock in Becket. Authorities have stated they imagine there are “many other victims” in a number of states and out of doors the United States.

Some of the camp victims — who had been as younger as 13 and as outdated as 19 — are anticipated to testify at Thursday’s listening to.

Massachusetts authorities began investigating Mainwaring following a 2019 ESPN report wherein greater than 50 males alleged they had been abused by Mainwaring, a few of them at Camp Greylock. He was arrested in 2021 on a fugitive warrant as he left a Los Angeles County courthouse after a plea in a separate case from 2019.

“Everyone who brought Conrad Mainwaring to justice deserves our thanks, including law enforcement, the district attorney, the journalists at ESPN, and especially the courageous men who shared their stories deserve the most gratitude,” stated Saul Wolf, an legal professional whose agency represents seven victims and filed lawsuits in opposition to Syracuse University in New York, the Syracuse college district and the Massachusetts camp.

“Now that Mainwaring intends to enter a guilty plea and take responsibility, it is time for Syracuse University and Camp Greylock to accept responsibility and be held accountable,” he added.

In a sample that repeated itself over time, Mainwaring is accused of leveraging his Olympic credentials as a part of a grooming approach used on boys attending Camp Greylock, making them “believe that through the sexual assault, he was making them into better athletes, stronger as far as mental capabilities, or simply their athletic abilities,” prosecutor Megan Tesoniero stated throughout an earlier courtroom listening to.

Dean Manuel, who represented Mainwaring when he made an look in 2021 and entered a not responsible plea, described the costs as “old allegations from the 1970s” and stated his consumer was entitled “to a full and fair trial.”

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