– Based on the information in the case, it was natural to give all of the children the status of offended. All the victims have now been questioned. Gjert Ingebrigtsen has the status of a suspect. He has been questioned and does not recognize himself in the grounds for suspicion, says police inspector Terese Braut Våge in the press release. Ingebrigtsen still has status as a suspect in the case. All the children in the family have the status of victims and have now been questioned in the case. Gjert Ingebrigtsen has denied all guilt. – The police are still in an investigation phase, where the purpose of the investigation is to uncover whether there are criminal circumstances, says Braut Våge. news has been in contact with Gjert Ingebrigtsen. He will not comment on anything while an investigation is ongoing. The police started investigations into the case against the coach profile on 20 October, and opened criminal proceedings on 26 October. The criminal case was established in connection with section 282 of the Criminal Code, which deals with abuse in close relationships, and covers, among other things, violence and other offences. news has tried to get a comment from Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s lawyer John Christian Elden, so far without a reply. news has tried legal aid lawyer Mette Yvonne Larsen, who speaks on behalf of the aggrieved. – They believe that the investigation must continue because the case is serious. They are having a peaceful time right now and are asking nicely for the peace to continue and for them to avoid inquiries from the press. The sons opened up in a chronicle Gjert Ingebrigtsen became known as a coach for the athletics sons Henrik, Filip and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. After training them for several years, it became known in February 2022 that the sons had ended their collaboration with their father. 2019: From left: Henrik, Filip, Gjert and Jakob Ingebrigtsen at a training session in St. Moritz in the summer of 2019. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB The coach has continued to work with Narve Gilje Nordås, but was denied coaching accreditation for this summer’s WC. On 12 October, the Swedish Athletics Federation also announced that Ingebrigtsen would not be accredited for the Indoor World Championships and the European Championships in 2024. The association gave reasons for this, among other things, as follows: “Central to the rationale is a safe environment with athletes in the centre. Something we consider not possible as the situation has been over time and is between Gjert and the brothers Ingebrigtsen.” On 19 October, the Ingebrigtsen brothers published an article in VG, where they described why they broke with their father. – We have grown up with a father who has been very aggressive and controlling, and who has used physical violence and threats as part of his upbringing. We still feel discomfort and fear, which has been in us since childhood, wrote the brothers Ingebrigtsen. This has happened in the Ingebrigtsen conflict, from golden smiles, reality shows and jubilation, to family quarrels and accusations of violence. Here is the timeline of the Ingebrigtsen conflict. It became known that the running brothers Jakob, Filip and Henrik Ingebrigtsen had broken off their collaboration with dad and coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen. Jakob Ingebrigtsen commented on the break with his coach father. – Some things don’t last forever, he commented after the first race without Gjert. A month and a half after the news of the break-up, Henrik Ingebrigtsen opened up a little more and said that “after so many years it didn’t work anymore”. At the same time, he asked Gjert to step more into the role of father than into the role of coach. Just over a week later, Gjert also broke his silence. – We knew that this wear and tear in the family would sooner or later strike. It has been tough, said Gjert Ingebrigtsen to news. Gjert continued to train Narve Gilje Nordås and Per Svela. He was therefore present during the EC in Munich in the summer of 2022, where he stated that it was special to be in a championship without accompanying his own children. The following six months Gjert student Nordås and the Ingebrigtsen brothers were at the same training camp. Then there was an episode that only became known in the autumn. Henrik Ingebrigtsen expressed that Nordås could not sit at the same table as him, and the association had to introduce measures. Only months after the episode between Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås, the parties were again at the same training session. The atmosphere must have been bad there too, according to the latter. Late in 2023, the conflict escalated in the public eye, when it became known that Gjert did not receive accreditation for the WC in Budapest. – It has been decided in a meeting today that he will not receive one of the coaching accreditations, based on an overall assessment, said Erlend Slokvik, head of sport in the Norwegian Athletics Federation, to news. The championship was characterized by noise and war of words, and the ice front between Jakob and Gjert student Nordås became very visible. A month after the WC, Nordås spoke out about the WC row and the argument with the Ingebrigtsen brothers. – I hope that people can travel around for conventions and championships to live under the same roof without it being so uncomfortable and tense, so that you almost can’t even be in the same arena, he said. news revealed the aforementioned episode about the incident between Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås at a training camp. On the same day, the Norwegian Athletics Federation announced that Gjert will not be accredited for the championships in 2024 either. Knut Jæger Hansen went out on news and described Henrik Ingebrigtsen’s behavior as “bullying and harassment”. The Ingebrigtsen brothers wrote a column in VG in which they opened up about the background for the protracted conflict. They described the father as violent and controlling. On the same day, lawyer John Christian Elden rejected all claims on behalf of Gjert. A short time later, the Norwegian Athletics Association made a statement: – The Norwegian Athletics Association’s intention is to provide safe surroundings and a healthy performance environment for our athletes, coaches, managers and people in the support apparatus. Based on Jakob, Filip and Henrik’s statements today, we will take responsibility for intensifying this work, parts of it read. – Based on the information that came to light through the media yesterday, it is natural for the police to investigate whether there is reasonable reason to initiate an investigation,” police inspector Terese Braut Våge told news the day after the brothers’ chronicle. – Yes, that is the plan, Narve Gilje Nordås said when asked by TV 2 whether he intended to continue with Gjert Ingebrigtsen as coach. In an article published in TV 2 and VG, Martin Ingebrigtsen, the brother of Jakob, Filip and Henrik, said that he “has never feared dad”. The police decided to proceed with the case after carrying out initial investigations. – The information that has come to light has meant that we have now opened a criminal case, said police inspector Terese Braut Våge in the Sør-West police district. Mette Yvonne Larsen, legal counsel for several members of the Ingebrigtsen family, said that a report had recently been lodged against Gjert Ingebrigtsen. She told Aftenposten that it was a family member who had reported Ingebrigtsen. The public assistance lawyer also said that several members of the Ingebrigtsen family had been in for questioning in the case. Show more – Somehow we have accepted this. We have lived with it, and in adulthood we have moved on. At least we thought so. In retrospect, we realize that it was naive. But two years ago, the same aggression and physical punishment struck again, the brothers wrote. In a response to the chronicle, Gjert Ingebrigtsen refuted the claims of his sons. – The statements Henrik makes are groundless. I have never used violence against my children, said Ingebrigtsen via lawyer John Christian Elden. Assistance lawyer: Family member with report The police told news on 20 October that they would investigate the brothers’ allegations. On the same day, Martin Ingebrigtsen, another of Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s seven children, wrote that “I have never feared dad”. – But when my experience of the family home differs so widely from my brothers’ experience, I believe it is right and fair that the matter is illuminated from several sides. After all, we have grown up under the same roof, he wrote further. On 26 October, the police decided to proceed with the case. A criminal case was then instituted. Assistance lawyer Mette Yvonne Larsen said later that day that a family member had recently reported Gjert Ingebrigtsen. In connection with the case, interviews have been conducted with several members of the Ingebrigtsen family.
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