Coach 'masturbated in front of Leicester women's player and groped her for bad passes'

dailystar.co.uk:

A British football coach who worked for the US women's World Cup winning team has been accused of sexual misconduct towards a female player - where he allegedly groped her for bad passes.Northern Irish coach Christy Holly has been accused of sexual misconduct in allegations detailed in an investigation carried out by an Atlanta law firm and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates on behalf of the US Soccer Federation.Just three years ago Holly worked with the triumphant US team which takes England winning Euros team at a sold out Wembley tonight (Friday).

Erin Simon, who now plays in the Women's Super League for Leicester City, played for Racing Louisville FC between November 2020 and June of 2022 - with Holly in charge from August 2020 until August of 2021.Simon, who agreed to have her name published in the report, has accused Holly of sending her sexually explicit photos, masturbating in her presence as well as touching her genitals and breasts each time she made an errant pass while watching a match replay together in private.The incident was part of a "pattern of misconduct" from Holly according to the investigation, which alleged that Holly invited Simon to his house to review a game before watching pornography and masturbating in front of her.

It then describes alleged events at a one-on-one film session, in which Simon says she was sexually assaulted.The report reads: "Holly told her that he was going to touch her 'for every pass you f****d up' and he did.

Simon tried to laugh it off, and said she would 'not f up any more passes'."Then, she recalled, Holly started touching her, repeatedly pushing his hands under her pants to touch her genitals and under her bra to touch her breasts."She remembers she tightly crossed.