the polish Every Swiateknumber 1 in the world, demanded a reaction on Tuesday from the governing bodies of Polish tennis, after accusations of sexual harassment and violence launched against the president of the Polish Tennis Federation (PZT).
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On Monday, a Polish deputy, Catherine Kotula told the press that Miroslaw Skrzypczynski sexually harassed her when she was between the ages of 13 and 14, when she was coaching at a club in northeastern Poland in the early 1980s 1990.
Some statements that echo other accusations recently published under the protection of anonymity. The president of the Federation, in office since 2017, rejected these accusations.
Reacting this Tuesday through a long thread of messages on Twitter, Iga Swiatek estimated that “The governing bodies should determine what happened and I hope they deal with it.”
“It is not my role to do the work of the leading bodies and journalists, because the case is too serious and it is about people’s lives and health,” she added, specifying that she was not a victim of such behavior.
“As the current leader of tennis in the world, I cannot remain silent about certain things,” said Iga Swiatek, who also called on victims of harassment and violence to seek professional help, and published the telephone numbers of support lines psychological.
On Monday, the left-wing member of the Polish Parliament Catherine Kotula She stated in an interview on the Onet.pl portal that the PZT president sexually harassed her “at least a dozen times in three years.”
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According to her account, other players had also been victims of this type of behavior by Skrzypczynski, whom the deputy described as a “sexual predator.”
