【ニューヨーク共同】女子テニスでツアー通算２勝のフィオナ・フェロ（２５）＝フランス＝が性的暴行を受けたとして元コーチを告発したと４日、ＡＰ通信が報じた。
フランス連盟は同日「フェロを支持する」と声明を発表。女子テニス協会（ＷＴＡ）は「詳細な調査と法的手続きが行われることを望む」とした。
フェロのシングルスの世界ランキングは過去３９位が最高で、現在は２５９位。開催中の全米オープンは予選敗退した。
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Fiona Ferro's former coach Pierre Bouteyre charged with rape, sexual assault
Sep 1, 2022
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/34504568/fiona-ferro-former-coach-charged-rape-sexual-assault
Pierre Bouteyre, the former coach of French tennis player Fiona Ferro, has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager,
according to a report by Agence France-Presse.
Ferro, 25, is the No. 259-ranked player in the world and lost in the qualifiers at the US Open.
She has accused Bouteyre, 50, of rape and sexual assault from 2012 to 2015, when she would have been 15 to 18 years old, her lawyer told AFP.
Bouteyre traveled with Ferro and was her private coach, the lawyer said.
According to the prosecutor on the case, Bouteyre has been charged with rape of a minor by a person having authority over the victim
and sexual assault of a minor over the age of 15 by a person having authority over the victim.
Bouteyre's lawyer said to AFP that he "recognizes the relationship occurred but denies any coercion."
"It was a love story according to him," his lawyer said.
