Swim Coach Scott Volkers Asks Court to Clear Latest Abuse Charges in Australia

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
Attorneys for swim coach Scott Volkers have asked an Australian court to permanently stay new charges against their client that were filed in 2017, arguing that the reinstitution of charges without new evidence amount to “unjustifiable oppression.”
Volkers was first publicly accused of abusing girls under the age of 16 in 2002, when he was charged based on allegations of mistreatment in the 1980s. He was then charged again in 2017 with 5 counts of indecent