25 years after being sexually abused by coach, Olympian Allison Forsyth settles lawsuit with Alpine Canada

On Tuesday, it was announced a settlement had been reached. Terms were not disclosed.

The settlement will help close a chapter that consumed most of her life and sent her spinning into darkness for nearly three decades.

Only now, some 25 years after being sexually abused by her former national team coach, and as she prepares for her 45th birthday, is former Canadian alpine skier Allison Forsyth remembering who she was before her life was thrown into disarray. 

As Forsyth was ascending to the pinnacle of her sport , she says the trust she placed in coach Bertrand Charest was abused in the most egregious of ways. Forsyth says she was sexually abused over two years in 1997 and 1998 while on the national team and in 2019 sued Alpine Canada, skiing's governing body in Canada, and Charest.

On Tuesday, it was announced a settlement had been reached. Terms were not disclosed.

For Forsyth, the settlement will help close a chapter that consumed most of her life and sent her spinning into darkness for nearly three decades.