Ex-skater accuses Gabel of rape when she was 15
By PAUL NEWBERRYBy PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer?
?FILE - In this May 31, 2000 file photo, Olympic medalist Andy Gabel demonstrates how to purchase 2002 Winter Game tickets via the Internet during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Looking on is Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney, left, and Olympic medalists Hilary Lindh and Denise Parker, right. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - In this May 31, 2000 file photo, Olympic medalist Andy Gabel demonstrates how to purchase 2002 Winter Game tickets via the Internet during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Looking on is Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney, left, and Olympic medalists Hilary Lindh and Denise Parker, right. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 1998, file photo, Andy Gabel, foreground, skates to first place during the men's 1,000-meter short track speedskating Olympic trials in Lake Placid, N.Y. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Nancie Battaglia, File)
Speedskater Bridie Farrell competes in the 1000-meter race at the Long Track American Cup Final North American Championship Friday, March 1, 2013, in Kearns, Utah. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. Farrell told public radio station WUWM in Milwaukee that she had sexual contact with Gabel repeatedly over several months in 1997 and 1998 while both were training in New York and Michigan. When the alleged abuse began, she was 15 and Gabel was 33.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1994 file photo, American short track speedskating bronze medalists Nikki Ziegelmeyer, left, Karen Cashman, second from left left, Cathy Turner and Amy Peterson, right, celebrate on the podium after receiving their medals for the 3,000-meter relay in Hamar, Norway. A second former U.S. speedskater has made sexual abuse accusations against Olympic medalist and former U.S. Speedskating president Andy Gabel, saying he raped her when she was 15. Nikki Meyer spoke Friday, March 8, 2013, in an interview with The Associated Press. She was known as Nikki Ziegelmeyer when she skated short track for the U.S. in the 1992 and `94 Olympics. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
A second former speedskater has made sexual abuse accusations against Olympic medalist and former U.S. Speedskating president Andy Gabel, telling The Associated Press he raped her when she was 15.
Gabel issued a statement to the AP denying the allegations Friday by Nikki Meyer. He says, "I never forced myself on any individual and any allegations of that nature are absolutely false." He acknowledged that his conduct some 20 years ago was "inappropriate" and says he is "sorry for crossing that line."
Meyer was known as Nikki Ziegelmeyer when she skated short track for the U.S. She won a silver medal at the 1992 Albertville Games and a bronze two years later in Lillehammer.
She says the rape occurred in the summer of 1991, and that Gabel later seduced her into a relationship that lasted nearly three years.
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