"she said felt like collateral damage. She added: When they decided to suspend him, it meant that his career was over, which also meant that my career was over This was extremely difficult because it was not only about skating, it was about my integrity, it was about his integrity. I know my boyfriend 100%. I know him. And we [stood] strong together."
"Nikolaj Srensen, a 36-year-old Danish-Canadian ice dancer who is dating Fournier Beaudry, was banned by the Canadian skating governing body for at least six years in 2024 for sexual maltreatment related to allegations that he sexually assaulted an American coach and former skater in 2012. He denied the accusations and the suspension was overturned in 2025 on a technicality relating to questions of jurisdiction."
"The 31-year-old Cizeron has been accused of inappropriate behaviour by the French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis. On the ice together since they were 10, the pair won gold in Beijing in 2022. But in a memoir released last month in France, So as Not to Disappear, Papadakis described Cizeron as often controlling, demanding and critical"
Madison Chock and Evan Bates delivered a flawless Olympic ice dance performance but were narrowly beaten for gold by Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron formed their partnership less than a year earlier amid public controversies involving former partners. Nikolaj Srensen, who dates Fournier Beaudry, was banned by the Canadian skating body in 2024 for at least six years over sexual maltreatment allegations; he denied the charges and the suspension was overturned in 2025 on a jurisdictional technicality. Fournier Beaudry publicly defended him and described feeling like collateral damage. Cizeron has been accused by former partner Gabriella Papadakis of being controlling, demanding and critical.
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