Breach of trust

New York

While on the tennis circuit from the mid-Fifties to 1965, it was an open secret that there was a lot of hanky-panky going on in the women’s locker rooms. Mind you, lady players were much older than they are now, but there were still some pretty young and impressionable girls competing who took ‘coaching’ from older female players. Competitors back then chose not to know, although in late-night bull sessions and poker games the subject would inevitably be joked about. Actually, I bring it up because of the tennis coach who is facing jail after being convicted of having a year-long lesbian affair with the 13-year-old she was coaching. Yes, it’s a terrible breach of trust and quite disgusting, but I’d hate to think of some very grand names of tennis who have got away with similar behaviour. Claire Lyte, the coach, is obviously very stupid to boot. She should have pleaded guilty immediately and thrown herself at the mercy of the court.