Former U.S. ice dancer comes forward in Nikolaj Sørensen sexual assault case

The ongoing sexual assault case against Canadian Olympic ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen has a shocking update as the survivor of the assault has come public. In interviews with Broken Ice and USA TODAY sports columnist Christine Brennan , Ashley Foy, a former United States ice dancer and currently a coach in the Netherlands, said that she "[does not] care what professional retaliation I face anymore. I can't bear to face another person talking about this case to me not knowing I'm the victim.

" Foy mentioned that she had originally not wanted to come forward due to experiences her friends suffered. She mentions that her childhood friend Bridget Namiotka died after being bullied for coming forward, while another friend Gabi Papadakis lost her job for a similar reason. The survivor in the alleged sexual assault case for which Canadian Olympian Nikolaj Sorensen was originally banned has come forward to me to publicly share her name.

She is Ashley Foy, a former US ice dancer who now is a coach in the Netherlands. This is what she had to say: pic. twitter.

com/K63SXCOglH — Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) April 30, 2026 What's the status of Nikolaj Sørensen's ice dancing ban In 2024, amid the investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a then 22-year-old woman, Sorensen was banned from competing in ice dancing for six years. However, that ban was overturned in June 2025, but that decision is still being argued over by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada with a final decision yet to be announced. Sorensen's ice dance partner and girlfriend Laurence Fournier Beaudry has expressed support for her partner, while Sorensen himself has denied all allegations.