Victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest give emotional impact statements
SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Sex-assault victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest delivered emotional impact statements Tuesday, with one telling the court he had robbed her of her childhood and acted like a predator.
Another cried as she recounted how she lives with “shame, guilt and disgust” because of the sex assaults.
The crimes took place when Charest was their coach.
A judge called Charest a sexual predator when he convicted him last June on charges involving nine of the 12 women who’d accused him of crimes dating back more than 20 years.