Golgota Files Abuse Complaint with FRG

[phoenix7]

"My mother is the only one who knows the way [and] has the training and knowledge necessary to keep me among the best gymnasts on the planet".

Read out on her phone and posted on her mother's Facebook page.

Poor Sabrina.

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Sportiva considerată numărul unu în lotul olimpic al României a reacționat, în exclusivitate pentru Euronews România, după apariția unor imagini în care mama și antrenoarea sa pare să o agreseze fizic...

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[Angelika]

Sabrina is in denial that there is a problem because this is all she has known - this is so sad

 

[phoenix7]

You have to wonder how Romania's sponsors feel about this. I know money is tight - are they risking making it even tighter if they don't react?

The President of Romania's National Agency for Sport has expressed some concern, at least, and is waiting to hear from FRG

Reacția șefului ANS Bogdan Matei, după imaginile prezentate de GOLAZO.ro cu Camelia și Sabrina Voinea: „Te-ai fi așteptat ca mama să fie mai protectoare”

Bogdan Matei (45 de ani), președintele Agenției Naționale pentru Sport (ANS), a reacționat după imaginile publicate de GOLAZO.ro. Acestea o surprind pe antrenoarea Camelia Voinea (55 de ani) în timp ce își agresează verbal fiica, gimnasta Sabrina Voinea (18 ani).

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[Denn]

As much as people want to bring to light Voinea's actions, I feel uncomfortable with the release of the video footage to the public. I feel like the person being hurt, in this case Sabrina, should be given that decision-making power (when they become an adult). If there's already hurt there, this could add onto it. And there's other ways of addressing the actions of the adult.

(Obviously, I can see why someone might supply video like this to the federation. I even wonder if it might be acceptable to show the video to a few trusted media people, though I would defer to other people's expertise about situations like this, both in terms of the sensitivity and any legal concerns.)

 

[MaryClare]

As much as people want to bring to light Voinea's actions, I feel uncomfortable with the release of the video footage to the public. I feel like the person being hurt, in this case Sabrina, should be given that decision-making power (when they become an adult). If there's already hurt there, this could add onto it. And there's other ways of addressing the actions of the adult.

(Obviously, I can see why someone might supply video like this to the federation. I even wonder if it might be acceptable to show the video to a few trusted media people, though I would defer to other people's expertise about situations like this, both in terms of the sensitivity and any legal concerns.)

Journalistic integrity/ethics do not exist in Romania. Which is why Alina Alexoi was able to publicly trash Ana Barbosu so freely and it was only the FIG who stepped in and attempted to curb it by revoking Alexoi’s press credentials at FIG events.

 

[FrolovasDoubleLayout]

Agreed (to Denn's post). When there are aggressors and victims involved and especially if the victim(s) are minors, it is usually okay to say that there is substantiated video evidence of physical abuse that has been viewed by the appropriate authorities and an investigation has been launched. It makes it clear that evidence has been provided, while saving the victim some undo damage.

 

[Ms Motts]

I agree, it puts a traumatised young person into the position of having to publicly defend their attacker without the safeguards that could be in place if this was an official investigation rather than a trial-by-social-media.

On the other hand, it sounds like the person who filmed it did report it, if the federation have had that footage for years, and it (and the other formal complaints) has lead nowhere so I can see why someone got frustrated enough to go public. Trusted press who would review the footage but not show it (we have some papers and channels here who would do it that way) would have been a more measured first step.

What type of publication is this? Is it the Romanian version of the Daily Mirror? The language in it seems very emotive rather than like objective reporting, but it's impossible for me to judge whether it would was written that way or whether that's an artifact of the auto-translate process.

 

[BB12]

As nice as the notion of Camelia getting suspend and Sabrina finding a different coach is, I just don't see what happening. Any suspension of Cameila will see the end of Sabrina in the sport or see her move to someone Cameila can control from the sidelines,

Given that it is her mother and how much she is clearly being controlled by her, I just don't see a way out of it for Sabrina that gets her away from the abusive people that are in every aspect of her life. It's such a sad situation for everyone involved.

 

[MaryClare]

I agree, it puts a traumatised young person into the position of having to publicly defend their attacker without the safeguards that could be in place if this was an official investigation rather than a trial-by-social-media.

On the other hand, it sounds like the person who filmed it did report it, if the federation have had that footage for years, and it (and the other formal complaints) has lead nowhere so I can see why someone got frustrated enough to go public. Trusted press who would review the footage but not show it (we have some papers and channels here who would do it that way) would have been a more measured first step.

What type of publication is this? Is it the Romanian version of the Daily Mirror? The language in it seems very emotive rather than like objective reporting, but it's impossible for me to judge whether it would was written that way or whether that's an artifact of the auto-translate process.

You are applying the professionalism, ethics and journalistic standards of the anglosphere to Romania