Sarah Kopp

Yeah, there were definitely people that were making comments, um,

before anything had really escalated in, you know, in a sexual context, I suppose.

And, you know, it was just, I suppose, the amount of time that he was spending with me was just so unusual.

You know, I'm a teacher now myself and looking at, you know, through the lens of being a teacher, I just, I couldn't imagine anything

you know, doing half of the stuff that he had organised and investing that time in any one of my students, no matter how much I cared about, you know,

them succeeding and all of that.

Yeah.

He was like, you know...

offering to help me do assignments on the weekend and things like that like mum actually drove me to his house um she waited in the car in his driveway shouldn't leave me there but you know just the fact that I was going to a teacher's house on the weekend so that he could help me with an assignment like really teachers have enough on their plate that no one wants to actually

Spend the weekend with a student either.

early morning, you know, training for triple jump and things like that.

Because, you know, I had, I showed a lot of athletic potential back then.

And I think she felt so grateful that there was someone that saw the potential in me and was happy to support me and invest that time into me succeeding.

I think all along the way there are little moments that you sort of go, oh, that's a bit strange.

It's hard thinking back because now I have an adult brain and I'm looking at those situations and I'm trying to remember things

how I actually did legitimately feel in those moments.

But I remember very early on in, because I had him for gymnastics as a sport in class.

And obviously, you know, that kind of sport is very hands-on because there's a lot of tricks that you need to spot people with and stuff.

So...

But I do remember having moments where I went, I feel like he's trying to touch me in places he shouldn't be.