Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has been accused of sexual harassment by several women on an Israeli television show
Avram Grant, a personal friend of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and former manager at Stamford Bridge, has been accused of sexual impropriety following an investigation conducted by an Israeli television show.
Grant, 66, who led Chelsea to the final of the 2007-08 Champions League and also spent time in charge of Premier League side West Ham and the Israel national team, was the subject of the investigation by a show called ‘Exposure’, per the Times of Israel, which alleged that several well-known female journalists – whose identities were protected – had been mistreated by Grant.
One of the incidents is said to have occurred in 2020 after Grant had invited the accuser, then aged 22, to his apartment under the pretence of helping her career.
“He told me, ‘Make yourself comfortable, take off your clothes.’ I thought he was joking,” she detailed.
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“I was sitting far away from him, on the edge of the couch. He asked me to come closer and tried to hug me, really grabbed me and did not let go.
“I felt uncomfortable, he put his hand on my thigh and I remember immediately moving his hand. After a few seconds of talking, he grabbed me by the neck, as if choking me, turned my head to him and tried to kiss me by force.”
