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Tauziat's Former Coach Convicted

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#32 ·
I have always been a fan of Nathalie. First, for her tennis, which I enjoyed watching, but also, because of her quirky personality and general attitude, which I found very amusing.

Having said that, I am disappointed in her right now and I wish she could had stood by the other girls, even by simply saying: 'I never noticed, I don't think him capable of that, but I stand with you and wish for justice.' She needn't call the other girls liars.

I am not judging her for believing her coach. God only knows what happened between them, and what kind of influence he still may hold over her or whether she is simply doing this to protect herself. If I were to learn someone I held as a father figure had raped dozens of children over the years and I had never even noticed, I don't know how I would be feeling. Probably, like I failed all those other girls. Nathalie might just be protecting herself, thinking that if it is all a lie, they are both fine, he did not do it, and she does not need to feel bad about not having stopped it.

This is me trying to rationalize what is going on here and thinking she might perhaps be somewhat of a victim too in all this.

The alternatives, ranging from Nathalie being also sexually abused to her knowing that it did happen and choosing not to say anything to protect her business profit, are all just too terrifying to even consider.
 
#33 ·
Here's yet another interpretation: seeing as Tauziat thinks the world of herself, she was probably in disbelief that such shenanigans could have gone on without her getting a piece of the action. Mon dieu, c'est inexplicable!
 
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The sad thing is that this kind of thing gets almost no attention. This is a tennis board, it is the off-season, so it is not like there are tournaments happening and still, most people in here do not care.

And, please, open your eyes everyone. This is an old WTA issue: coaches abusing players. Yet it gets pushed under the rug time after time. The few people who are in here are talking about Tauziat, some of them even accusing her (excuse me?! she did NOT rape anyone), instead of focusing on the coach, and the responsibilities of those that should had supervised him and prevented this.

Why is it only the girls that accuse? Why are people asking Nathalie (who was probably a teenager when this happened to Demongeot and others) if she knew? What about WTA officials? What about ITF officials? What about people who were actually grown ups then, FFT anyone?

Does the WTA/ITF/FFT do a good job of supervising their coaches? What is the answer of the French Tennis Federation to this? They are going to kick Tauziat out because she is not sympathetic. Well, I am not sympathetic to the FFT.
 
#43 ·
It's about time he was convicted...
 
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