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Mikhail Skipsky continues to train schoolchildren in St. Petersburg
Expert "What? Where? When?" He continues to work with schoolchildren, despite the accusations of the harassment of minors. This was reported by Medusa with reference to the students of Skipsky and the director of the St. Petersburg Lyceum in which the training is held.
According to Medusa, Skipsky from 2017 to the present trains the team of the physical and mathematical lyceum No. 366 called Chort. The former student of Skipsky told Medusa that the connoisseur has trained students in the tenth grade through Zoom since spring and “hides it in every way.”
Information that Skipsky training the Chorti team was confirmed by two more anonymous sources: a team participant and an adult expert “ChGK”. Director of the Lyceum Tatyana Tsvetkova confirmed Medusa information about children's training with Skipsky. In her opinion, through Zoom the expert "will not seduce anyone." In addition, Tsvetkova does not believe in accusations against Skipsky and refers to the presumption of innocence.
- He does not harass anyone with us. Moreover, [in person] Classes are not happening now, because quarantine. And according to the zoom - let them do it.
The former student of Skipsky and the current player of the Chors explained to Medusa that the team continues to deal with Skipsky, since he is one of the most competent coaches in ChGK in St. Petersburg and he has “excellent” classes.
One of the interlocutors of Medusa said that parents of children are aware of accusations of harassment and even signed an “informal rejection of claims”. The name of Skipsky as a coach of the Chorti team does not indicate at the competitions. Tatyana Tsvetkova told Meduza that they do not know about any documentary “rejection of claims” at school.
Skipsky himself did not talk to Medusa. The text can be read completely at the link .
In July, several girls said that Skipsky harassed them when they were schoolgirls. Later, Medusa found out that the expert quit the Lyceum Anichkov in St. Petersburg, after one of the students complained about the other teachers on his part. Skipsky did not comment on the accusations.
At the end of July, Mikhail Skipsky voluntarily suspended participation in the Commission of the International Association of Clubs for Work with Children and Youth.
November 1, Skipsky participated in “What? Where? When?" For the first time after accusations of harassment of minors.