09/11/2026
Update & some clarification..
This is the last post I will put out on this as the young woman involved, her family and the gym family would like to move forward in life. What was supposed to be a positive thing for us with this man being arrested for his crimes as many turning this into some kind of scandal.
Many are turning and twisting my words (many have ulterior motives)
When I wrote the last post, I was riddled with adrenaline anxiety and a bunch of emotions. Just trying to get some answers for some good people out there. I had mentioned the 10 month time span( I shouldn’t have mentioned an exact time span, it could have been a little longer or shorter but to me felt about that amount of time) and even mistakenly did that on the news without clarifying.
At the beginning of that time, somebody did approach me with what they thought they saw was just the two of them too close for comfort. No one had seen inappropriate touch, messaging, conversations or anything like that (which I had also given this information to the parents so we both could ask and make sure). When the two were confronted (separately) , they denied it and I didn’t think about it till it all came back again.. but what does one do when they get confronted on something they shouldn’t be doing, they hide it.
So months and months had passed without anybody bringing up this topic or having a cause for concern until more recently it was brought up by someone else, which at that time I immediately went to the parent and shared this information. Then asked the two separately, but once again when confronted one person had made me to believe it was just a normal close relationship and that I was going crazy and nothing was going on and the other one simply denied and stated that “there’s nothing going on and would just stay away, so it’s not an issue”.
Again I never saw myself ever what I would consider to be ill intention or inappropriate.
As I previously stated when I was contacted by a woman of this man’s past I had brought it to our young ladies attention and the response I got was very vague but when asked if they communicate outside of the gym she said yes. She was in tears and overwhelmed about the confrontation and situation. I asked if anything happened that we needed to go to the police about and was told no. I Communicated with the parents and at that point they decided they did not want to, that there was nothing to go to the police about.
With the messages I already had from a woman who still chooses to remain anonymous and does not wish to press charges it was enough to kick him out of our lives. So I did just that.
Now days later as it settled in that this man was not here did all of this other stuff come out to what had really happened and the parents then decided to go to the police.
(In the mean time someone had gotten wind of what happened in Estevans past and decided to put pieces of a puzzle together and go to the police themselves)
After speaking with the police they let me know how it all went and that charges were being filed and at that point I had found out about the severity of it all.
I then chose to go and speak with the detectives myself to see if there was anything they needed from me. We sat we spoke and the investigation went on until where we are today.
Some nasty people are mentioning that I didn’t say anything because of wanting to not lose students or mentioning money. I would like to be clear not only that I did not know but I do not run this gym for money. I have other revenues of income since before the gym and all through the years of the gym that allow me to put all funds back into the gym. I run this gym because I love being a stepping stone a molding stone in these kids lives to help them be confident through it. I do it for the kids and I do it for the staff. Anyone that is good at math that can see that, calculate rent, insurances, utilities & payroll vs student base. It’s simple. In fact I never really thought about the business as a revenue stream. I just love to do it. Many of our members are on scholarship that’s not even a scholarship it’s just people that cannot afford it that I would rather here so I let them keep coming, many people.
This unfortunately could happen anywhere, sick to know it happened here. I pride myself on making these littles feel protected and I have had over 1000 kids through this program. Spent hundreds of hours outside this gym checking on them communicating with teachers parents grandparents etc. This was a targeted incident and will never happen again in our doors. The only adults in our gym now are good, pure, honest men and women who live their lives devoted to their students.
With over 1000 kids through our program. About 95% (5% because I’m way to strict don’t, I get it) of them loving their time there, creating friendships, memories, building confidence and strengths, we will continue to do just that.
We know we have not made everyone happy over the years and unfortunately we live in a world where people would rather share the negative than the positive but I am so grateful to everybody that has reached out personally and messaged. I have been sharing the messages with the staff and we are super grateful.
Again for those that continue to support this young woman and this family, we appreciate you more than you’ll ever know. We know you all think the world of our coaches and they truly love all of you. The bleacher parents the grandparents, the siblings that come in. You all make our days better. We are going to keep the energy and give the best versions of ourselves to you and your children.
