Canadian determine skater Fournier Beaudry discusses Sørensen intercourse assault allegation in Netflix doc

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Determine skater Laurence Fournier Beaudry broke down in tears in a brand new Netflix documentary as she described being caught up within the fallout after Nikolaj Sørensen, her boyfriend and former ice dance associate, was accused of sexual assault.

Fournier Beaudry, a 33-year-old from Montreal, discusses the allegations in Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing, a docuseries set for launch Feb. 1.

The three-part present follows three of ice dancing's prime groups forward of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Video games in February, together with Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France.

"I by no means actually publicly talk about about how a lot injury it is created," Fournier Beaudry mentioned within the first episode. "I do not even wish to return to what I've felt in these moments as a result of I believed I used to be so robust, and I actually thought I may deal with all the pieces.

"Simply felt like collateral injury."

Altering nationwide illustration is frequent in ice dance and pairs due to a shallow pool of potential companions.

Fournier Beaudry teamed with Cizeron final 12 months, gaining French citizenship in November, after Sorensen obtained a six-year ban for sexual maltreatment in October 2024.

The suspension adopted an investigation by the now-defunct Workplace of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) into an allegation that Sorensen sexually assaulted an American determine skating coach and former skater in Hartford, Conn., in 2012.

"After they determined to droop him, it meant that his profession was over, which additionally meant that my profession was over," mentioned Fournier Beaudry, who has publicly defended her boyfriend since a January 2024 report in USA Immediately introduced the allegation to gentle.

"This was extraordinarily troublesome as a result of it was not solely about skating, it was about my integrity, it was about his integrity. I do know my boyfriend 100 per cent. I do know him. And we [stood] robust collectively."

An arbitrator on the Sport Dispute Decision Centre of Canada (SDRCC) overturned the suspension in June, citing jurisdiction points. Sorensen was neither a Canadian citizen nor competing for Skate Canada on the time of the alleged incident.

Allegation not but examined in courtroom The Netflix documentary said the arbitrator's resolution remained below enchantment as of the tip of manufacturing. Beneath its disclosure coverage, the SDRCC can not touch upon or present details about circumstances that aren't earlier than the group, are ongoing, or have been resolved by way of mediation.

Sorensen has denied the allegation, which has not been examined in courtroom.

Fournier Beaudry and the 36-year-old Sorensen skated collectively for 13 seasons and have dated for 12 years, she mentioned within the docuseries.

The duo competed for Denmark, Sorensen's nation of delivery, earlier than switching to Canada when Fournier Beaudry was unable to acquire Danish citizenship forward of the 2018 Olympics.

Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen skated on the 2022 Winter Video games, received a nationwide title in 2023 and positioned fifth on the 2023 world championships whereas representing Canada.

"The plan was to proceed my profession with Nik and go to Milan Cortina and revel in our final season collectively," she mentioned. "However that is not what occurred.

"Every part that I've lived for the previous 12 months and a half has been a roller-coaster."

The documentary additionally goes behind the scenes with three-time world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA and Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, who've received 4 world medals.

Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron will be a part of them as contenders in Milan after successful gold eventually week's European Championships in Sheffield, England, with the best whole rating this season.

Cizeron has additionally confronted controversy this season. Earlier than the occasion, he accused former associate Gabriella Papadakis, with whom he received the Olympic gold medal in 2022, of a "smear marketing campaign" in opposition to him.

Papadakis printed a e-book earlier this month by which she describes Cizeron as controlling. She mentioned she misplaced a commentary function with NBC for the Winter Olympics.