MIAMI (WSVN) - It was a heartbreaking day in a Miami courtroom as sexual assault victims provided testimonies against their former gymnastics coach on the day of his sentencing.
Three victims took the stand on Thursday afternoon to make painstaking statements as 40-year-old Oscar Olea sat handcuffed inside the courtroom.
“More than 12 years have already passed since he preyed on my vulnerability. Still I feel the weight of what he did,” said one of the victims.
The victims, now all in their 20s and 30s, took the chance to confront Olea during Thursday’s hearing.
One victim told police Olea assaulted her several times when she was a minor, while another woman said he had raped her.
“This is the first step to closure and hopefully to a normal life,” said one of the victims in tears.
“I never consented to the pain that was inflicted on me, I never agreed to be a part of this, I never chose to be labeled a victim, I never asked for it,” said a victim of Olea’s. “That identity was forced onto me by someone else’s actions, actions that stole something sacred from me: my virginity, my purity, my innocence.”
Olea, a former Key Biscayne gymnastics coach, appeared in court Thursday to accept his guilty plea deal in court and hear his sentence.
The judge overseeing the case said that despite victims’ objection to the plea deal, the deal will go through.
Olea will serve 12 years behind bars and then a decade of probation. Following his release, he will be listed as a registered sex offender.
“How do you plea? Guilty or not guilty?” said Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Alberto Milian.
“Guilty,” said Olea.
Olea pleaded guilty to several charges of sexual assault of multiple students over several years.
Prosecutors said he sexually assaulted three of his former students when they were underage.
Some victims did not want the case to go to trial.
“I definitely didn’t want there to be a chance where nothing would have happened; that would have been the worst outcome,” said one victim.
But others see the 12-year prison sentence as too little.
“Of course I am not pleased with the amount of time that he has, but hopefully he has enough time to know that what he did was oh so wrong,” said another victim.
“It was the first time since I had seen him since, and I honestly thought that he was an absolute coward ’cause he couldn’t have the courage to look you in the face,” said one of the victims.
The victims now hope their courage will inspire other victims to not be afraid of coming forward.
“Don’t be afraid to tell your parents. Don’t be afraid to tell; if you can’t tell your parents, tell someone that you trust,” said a victim.
On Thursday afternoon, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office released a statement that read:
Every victim of a sexual crime has their own never-ending sentence of pain and trauma, which no criminal court proceeding can ever end. The prison sentence Oscar Olea received today for his crimes will never restore the sense of trust and innocence these women lost when they were sexually exploited by him.
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