The defendant accepted the sentence but the prosecutor may appeal. Eleni Rittmann, who now plays for Evian in France but previously represented Altach, was outraged at the sentence. We felt secure in our dressing room and this hurt our privacy so badly that some of us do not feel safe in public showers even now. During the trial, a statement from the victims was read out, saying: “We are young women, partly still young girls. “If female athletes are not even safe in their own dressing rooms because of an official then they have nothing to stand on,” she said.

Source: Irish Examiner February 25, 2026 22:37 UTC