Follow usPolish Tennis Association’s (PZT) chief Miroslaw Skrzypczynski resigned on Thursday, the governing body said in a statement, after he became embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.
“At the meeting of the Management Board of the Polish Tennis Association… Miroslaw Skrzypczynski submitted his resignation from the function of President of the Management Board of the Polish Tennis Association with immediate effect,” PZT said in a statement.
“Miroslaw Skrzypczynski’s resignation was unanimously accepted.”
In an interview with Polish news website Onet published on Monday, lawmaker Katarzyna Kotula accused Skrzypczynski of sexually assaulting her when he was a coach in the early 1990s.
Recently Skrzypczynski was accused of using physical and psychological violence against his family and players he coached in another Onet piece.
He denied the accusations and said he intended to prove his innocence in court.
