A teenage swimmer has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a fitness trainer who worked with her competitive swim club, a case that has raised questions about potential gaps in oversight within Ontario’s amateur sports system.
The lawsuit, filed in Ontario Superior Court in Milton, Ont., in February, alleges that Jeffrey Babister, a trainer at a Georgetown, Ont.,-area gym used by the Halton Hills Blue Fins Swim Club, engaged in inappropriate physical contact and sexualized behaviour toward a minor athlete during strength-training sessions in 2022 and 2023.
The plaintiff, who is identified in court documents only as P.M. because she was a minor at the time of the alleged incidents, is seeking $250,000 in…