Somluck Kamsing (L) of Thailand unleashes a tough proper towards Benoit Gaudet (R) of Canada throughout their Olympic Video games preliminary Featherweight (57 kg) match on the Peristeri Boxing Corridor 16 August 2004 in Athens. Gaudet received on a 32-17 factors choice. AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR
Thailand’s first Olympic gold medal winner has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage lady, police mentioned Monday, an allegation he denies.
The 17-year-old filed a grievance late Sunday towards Somluck Kamsing, who turned a nationwide hero when he received featherweight boxing gold on the 1996 Summer time Olympics in Atlanta.
“He was accused of molesting the lady,” police colonel Yosawat Kaewsuebthanyanij instructed AFP.
Police confirmed native media stories that Somluck, 50, met {the teenager} on Saturday night at a bar in Khon Kaen, a metropolis within the kingdom’s northeast, the place they stayed till 3:00 am native time earlier than going to a resort the place the lady mentioned the previous Olympic champion assaulted her.
Yosawat mentioned officers would query {the teenager} together with a baby safety staff earlier than gathering proof and issuing a summons to Somluck to reply the allegation.
Somluck instructed native media he denies the allegation, saying that he stopped making advances within the resort room as quickly as {the teenager} instructed him she was solely 17.
The age of sexual consent in Thailand is eighteen.
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