In April 2020, a female Australian cheerleading coach faced court accused of having sexually exploited one athlete she coached. In July 2020, she was charged with the alleged sexual abuse of three athletes, however by September of the same year, prosecutors were choosing to proceed with allegations involving 14 athletes in total between August 2015 and December 2017. The trial was delayed until February 2023 due to the impact that COVID-19 had on the courts backlog, at which time the coach pleaded not guilty. The charges include three counts of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child, one aggravated count of indcent assault and three basic counts of indecent assault, with four of the alleged victims being just 12 years old, across more than 21 alleged incidents of abuse. This trial is ongoing.
