File photo taken outside of the Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)

By Justin Goulet

Lethbridge gymnastics coach faces additional sexual assault charges

Aug 11, 2022 | 9:52 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A gymnastics coach in Lethbridge previously charged by police faces new sexual assault charges.

33-year-old Jamie Ellacott was initially charged by the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) with sexual assault and sexual interference involving a seven-year-old girl he was coaching at the Lethbridge Gymnastics Academy on July 12, 2022.

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Following further investigation, police say three additional victims, aged 10, 12 and 14, were identified. The LPS said the three girls were reportedly sexually assaulted during sessions at the gym in May 2022.

Police said on Thursday, August 11, 2022 that Ellacott was arrested without incident on Wednesday, August 10 and charged with three further counts of sexual assault and sexual interference.

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Ellacott was released from custody and is bound by numerous conditions, including having no contact with any of the victims or witnesses.

Ellacott is slated to be in court on the new charges on August 31, 2022.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the LPS at 403-328-4444 and reference file 22014303.

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