at Alpine Canada and former Canadian Olympian skier Allison Forsyth have reached a settlement regarding a lawsuit that she brought against the company over their mishandling of a complaint she made in 1998 against then head coach Bertrand Charest.
Forsyth alleged that Charest had sexually abused her but was told by Alpine Canada when she raised the complaint that she should consider what she was doing as they could end up losing key sponsors.
Charest eventually got convicted of sexual abuse crimes but not against Forsyth as a Canadian court ruled that Forsyth’s alleged crimes took place outside Canada. Charest was convicted of abusing other skiers and was initially sentenced to 12 years in 2017. However, he received parole in 2020.
Details of Settlement Remain Confidential
Three skiers who Charest abused sued Alpine Canada in 2018 and received a settlement in 2018. It took 25 years for Forsyth but she finally reached a settlement with Alpine Canada this week. The terms and conditions of the settlement was not disclosed but Alpine Canada did disclose that they would not be directly paying any monies but their insurance company would fund the settlement to Forsyth.
