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| Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster speaks of sex assault | |
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| TV presenter Charlie Webster, best known for her work on Sky Sports and Sky Sports News, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted as a teenager. | TV presenter Charlie Webster, best known for her work on Sky Sports and Sky Sports News, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted as a teenager. |
| The 31-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live's Phil Williams she was waiving her right to anonymity in order to "break the taboo about abuse as a whole". | The 31-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live's Phil Williams she was waiving her right to anonymity in order to "break the taboo about abuse as a whole". |
| She is due to embark on a 250-mile, seven-day run between 40 football grounds for the charity Women's Aid. | She is due to embark on a 250-mile, seven-day run between 40 football grounds for the charity Women's Aid. |
| The assaults were carried out by her athletics coach when she was 15. | The assaults were carried out by her athletics coach when she was 15. |
| "I got quite close to the running coach because you do," she said. | "I got quite close to the running coach because you do," she said. |
| "You start to trust them when you're a young kid, and he started to take me for a few private sessions because he said I was good and I could do with some extra sessions because that would really help. | "You start to trust them when you're a young kid, and he started to take me for a few private sessions because he said I was good and I could do with some extra sessions because that would really help. |
| "He abused the fact that I was an innocent person who wanted his support and his compassion and his care as my running coach." | "He abused the fact that I was an innocent person who wanted his support and his compassion and his care as my running coach." |
| 'Lacked confidence' | 'Lacked confidence' |
| The man was later sentenced to 10 years in jail and put on the sex offenders register for life. | The man was later sentenced to 10 years in jail and put on the sex offenders register for life. |
| "He was a male role model to me," Webster told 5 live. | "He was a male role model to me," Webster told 5 live. |
| "You should never touch a young girl anyway, but he very, very manipulatively and very slowly sexually assaulted me." | "You should never touch a young girl anyway, but he very, very manipulatively and very slowly sexually assaulted me." |
| She said that she had not told anyone at the time because she did not know it could be reported. | She said that she had not told anyone at the time because she did not know it could be reported. |
| "I didn't understand. I really lacked confidence. I didn't know what he was doing was wrong." | "I didn't understand. I really lacked confidence. I didn't know what he was doing was wrong." |
| She added: "Not one time in my head did I think 'I'm being sexually assaulted', because if I did, I would have done something about it." | She added: "Not one time in my head did I think 'I'm being sexually assaulted', because if I did, I would have done something about it." |
| At the time, she said, sexual abuse was "one of these taboos, like domestic abuse is now". | At the time, she said, sexual abuse was "one of these taboos, like domestic abuse is now". |
| In the end it was another, younger girl who began to record the abuse and contacted the police. | In the end it was another, younger girl who began to record the abuse and contacted the police. |
| Webster said: "That's why I'm here [speaking on radio] as well. It might help someone else bring it to light. I want to break the taboo about abuse as a whole." | Webster said: "That's why I'm here [speaking on radio] as well. It might help someone else bring it to light. I want to break the taboo about abuse as a whole." |
| Sheffield-born Webster starts her 250-mile run on Sunday 26 January. | Sheffield-born Webster starts her 250-mile run on Sunday 26 January. |