Scandal continues in Canada: sex toys, alcohol and panic attacks
Spying on Team Canada was simple the first chapter of a soap opera that in Canada is already classified as a “saga”. A subtle title, considering that each chapter surprises (or scares) more than the previous one.
“It all started at the Olympics in Paris. The New Zealand women’s team was practicing throw-ins when Rebecca Stott heard a buzzing sound overhead and, as a drone fan, recognized it almost immediately. “It was a drone that someone was using to record their training,” the Canadian media investigation begins. Globe and mail.
Almost four months after this event, members of the Canadian national team took part in it, coach Bev Priestman, Jasmine Mander (assistant) and Lombardi (a member of the coaching staff) was arrested. The Canadian Soccer Federation and its players were also affected: six demerit points and a fine of $315,000..
Just a few days ago it seemed that this was the end, but this Saturday the Canadian media Globe and mail it turned out that it was just a point and retreat. And there were other spy tactics besides drones, including Secret collection of information about opponents for the benefit of coachesthe investigation of which is ongoing. Not only that, but there were also a number of practices that took place, which are confirmed by numerous sources, including: “panic attacks” or obligatory parties before games in which “drank too much” and this “They asked questions of an overtly sexual nature.”.
Mandatory attendance at parties
A report published by Canadian media detailed how ““Drinking on the eve of games is for members of the coaching staff and staff, but not for the players.” The worst comes later, because these “sessions” were not some kind of party where most of the participants were present. Quite the contrary, they were “required”So much so that Coach Prietsman complained in February 2023 that attendance at these “social events” had declined.
During these meetings, according to five sources, there was “excessive” drinking and ““They were throwing sex toys.”. Three of them also claim that “They were asked sexually explicit questions as part of the parties.”
They threw sex toys and asked sexually explicit questions.
As if that wasn’t enough Globe and mail claims to have had access to two videos showing several Team Canada staff members partying before the match. They show employees dancing congas and participating in karaoke in swimsuits in February 2023.
The newspaper’s archive is extensive. So, in the third video, made in June 2022 and on the night before the game with South Korea, you can see Bev Priestman dancing after 12:00 at night. Not content with these obligatory celebrations, two sources mentioned that the former Canadian coach “sometimes, and early the next day, races were organized for employees“
Stalking Jasmine Mander
Since 2021, most of the investigation has been devoted to assistant Bev Prietsman. “She left them in tears,” three former employees recall. “It gave me a panic attack.”reveals another one of them. The information is confirmed by seven other sources who claim to have encountered these events before.
Increase
Paulo Senra, a representative of the Canadian Federation, responded with a statement to the information that shocked the country. “The organization has reformed and should not be defined by the actions of people who are no longer involved.”thereby ensuring “new leadership and a total commitment to excellence, integrity, transparency and accountability in all areas of activity.”
The truth is that already in 2022, being an assistant in the U-17 national team, Mander was prosecuted for forcing staff not to check their emails before a match.to avoid possible positive results from player detection. We now know that this was just a trailer for a saga whose chapters continue to appear.
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