A successful Canadian swimmer who won four medals at the 2011 World Junior Championships is facing up to four and a half years in prison due to the sexual assault of a woman in December 2018.
Chad Bobrosky, who also swam four years at USC from 2011 to 2015, was convicted in February of the sexual assault of a Calgary woman, and on Tuesday a prosecutor argued he should be handed a 54-month prison term, as reported by the Calgary Herald.
The starting point established by the Alberta Court of Appeal for major sexual assaults is a three-year term, but prosecutor Matt Dalidowicz said there were “multiple aggravating factors” that should increase Bobrosky’s punishment.
“There is much that aggravates this sentence and little that mitigates it,” Dalidowicz told provincial court Judge Gord Wong.
“There were multiple (sexual) acts and each alone would constitute a major sexual assault.”
Bobrosky’s lawyer reportedly said a sentence as low as three years would be sufficient punishment for the assault, which took place on December 21, 2018.
Dalidowicz said there were five different non-consensual assaults on the victim, along with degrading behavior from the offender.
“These acts were degrading. He spat upon her face and his words were derogatory,” he said.
Wong convicted Bobrosky in February, finding his claim that the sexual contact he had with the complainant was consensual to be unbelievable.
“On reviewing his evidence, I have no difficulty arriving at the conclusion that the accused’s evidence cannot be believed,” Wong said.
One piece of evidence that made an impact in Judge Wong’s sentiment was a 53-second video shot by Bobrosky on his phone, where he repeatedly asks the victim to say “hi” to the camera during sex, which she ultimately relents to it, Wong said.
“The accused’s voice in the three asks becomes more intense or harsh. This was not an ask on his part, rather at the end it was more a command.”
Wong received a victim-impact statement, which was read by the victim in court: “Chad, you truly traumatized me. On that night … you treated me worse than literal garbage and your choices made me feel degraded and terrified for my safety.”
Bobrosky, 29, is an investment banking associate at RBC Capital Markets in in Calgary.
He won two gold medals at the 2011 World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, topping the men’s 200 freestyle and anchoring the victorious Canadian men’s 800 free relay. He also won two silvers in the 400 free and 400 free relay.
Bobrosky then had a four-year career at USC, earning First Team NCAA All-American honors as a sophomore after contributing the third leg on the Trojans’ third-place finishing 800 free relay in 2013. He also scored individually at NCAAs as a freshman in 2012, placing 11th in the 500 free.
Bobrosky is currently at liberty pending his sentencing on June 1.
The Canadian Brock Turner.
Hard to believe the proposed sentence is so short with video evidence. Hope he serves every second of it and more.
if Canadian prisons are anything like Scandinavian ones, he might want to stay longer
There is no video evidence
Did you read the article? It specifically refers to a 53 second video shot on the guy’s own phone, which the judge himself felt was damning.
That does not prove anything. It is so easy these days to accuse someone out of revenge and it ruins their life.
Asking someone to say hi is proof of rape?
A video of what exactly? Saying hi?
Clearly it was not “just saying hi” because that would obviously not be an issue for consenting partners. Re-read the article. You can play it down all you like but what I read was that “he repeatedly asked the victim to say hi and becomes more intense or harsh, not an ask but more a command”. The judge assessed it. Doesn’t sound like she was comfortable with his camera in her face during sex. Probably didn’t appreciate his spit in her face either.
Forcing someone to say something they don’t want to is coercion and given the circumstances of when it occurred even more egregious
You no nothing about the case but you hope he serves time. Things have swung so far to the other side that anyone can accuse someone and ruin their life. You do not know the accuser nor the accused. The article is based solely on the prosecutions statement and says nothing about the trial. I am all for women’s right to get justice but not ok with how far it has gone where innocent men are convicted on just their words
The guy’s own lawyer proposed a three year sentence. I’d really like to know why you believe he is innocent. Best buddies?
The lawyer asked for the lowest number of years. At that point her job is to get the best that she could. That is how it works.
Know*
I’m concerned that someone doesn’t know the difference between know and no
Its not acccusing and ruining someone’s life. Its that people think they can get away with it until someone speaks up and it ain’t that easy to speak up.
Some have statutes and in us you got safesport which will put investigations on hold until someone is better prepared to handle it emotionally… it’s an emotional roller coaster. not sure what they have in Canada or what the criminal laws are.
If he didn’t want to jeapardize his future he shouldn’t have done it. Now he will have to live with it And the consequences. May he be haunted for longer than any sentence and yes it will haunt him when lookin 4 a job or trying to… Read more »
He was convicted in February.
54 months for an affluent guy with no criminal record is more than most get here.