FILE PHOTO: Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou leaves the prosecutor's office, following her statements on being sexually assaulted by a sports official in 1998, in Athens, Greece, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
ATHENS (Reuters) - When Sofia Bekatorou, a Greek sailing gold medallist in the 2004 Olympics, opened up last month about being sexually assaulted by a sports official as a 21-year-old, it came as a breakthrough in a country where confronting such abuse has been rare.
Her account - and the outpouring of support it provoked - prompted dozens of actors, singers, athletes and students to come forward in Greece's delayed "#MeToo" moment, shaking the arts establishment and piling on pressure for change.
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