By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
Australia’s former Olympic Swimming Physiotherapist Peter John Wells has been accused of child sexual assault after repeated sexual contact with five girls and indecent assault of two others.
Wells is accused of having relationships with five girls in Brisbane between 2003 and 2009. At the Olympics in 2008 and 2016, he was the head physiotherapist for the Australian swim team. He was also the lead physiotherapist in 2016 for the entire Australian Olympic Team at their headquarters clinic.
When he was not at major events, he owned his own practice in Kelvin Grove and he worked at a sports complex in Chandler. Both are in Queensland and this is where the abuse allegedly occurred.
He was originally arrested in 2022 and last week he had a committal hearing where his massage techniques were discussed and at least one victim gave a testimony about their experience.
A committal hearing is designed to determine whether the evidence is substantial enough to charge the defendant with a crime. The hearing was scheduled to last at least a week with more than 26 witnesses, but after a few days, it was postponed and will resume on January 20th. Wells has not entered a plea to any charges yet.
Olympic gold medalist Bronte Barratt was called as a witness during the first part of the hearing, not a complainant. Barratt, who won a gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay in Beijing, was called to the stand due to the fact that she had extensive communication with another elite swimmer who wanted to make a report against Wells.
Barratt responded, “Such a toughie. Only do it if you feel comfortable, and it’s your life, so don’t be pressured or anything … Have you spoken to anyone else from our era? Literally every Queensland girl on the swim team would have been treated by Peter Wells at some point.”
She reportedly withheld some of the communication from the former swimmer, which is why she was questioned at the hearing.
At least one of the alleged victims got the opportunity to address the judge on the first day with the court being closed to the public to allow anonymity.
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