Millionaire star present jumper, 63, who competed in 2012 Olympics ADMITS sexually abusing protégé

An Oregon-based Olympic present jumper pleaded responsible on Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage protégé, and accepted a 30-month jail time period.

Richard Fellers, 63, was arrested in June 2021 on four counts of sexual abuse.

Maggie Kehring first met Fellers when she was 14, and stated she idolized him.

When she turned 16, he confessed his emotions, which she stated made her burst into tears of shock. She misplaced her virginity to him when she was 17, and their relationship continued till Fellers’ spouse Shelly walked in on them.

Shelly Fellers filed for divorce in March this 12 months.

Kehring instructed CBS Information she was initially in awe of his horsemanship and talent, however now sees him as ‘a sociopath’.

Fellers, arriving at courtroom on Tuesday, told KOIN 6 News he had no touch upon the plea deal.

Richard Fellers, 63, is seen on Tuesday arriving in courtroom in Portland, Oregon. He plead responsible to interstate journey to interact in illicit sexual conduct with a minor

Maggie Kehring (proper) first met Fellers when she was 14. He’s pictured in his June 2021 mug shot

Kehring stated she idolized the famed equestrian: she now thinks he’s ‘a sociopath’

He agreed to plead responsible to interstate journey to interact in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. 

The age of consent in Oregon is eighteen. 

The Washington County District Lawyer’s Workplace instructed KOIN 6 Information that Fellers agreed to spend 30 months in jail on state prices, on the identical time he serves a four-year sentence on federal prices.

Fellers, who runs a big equestrian operation in Oregon Metropolis, 20 miles south of downtown Portland, was suspended by the U.S. Heart for SafeSport in June 2021. 

Oregon-born, he was given a horse for his eleventh birthday and shortly established himself as a neighborhood champion.

In 1989 he purchased the secure yard outdoors Portland the place he’s now based mostly, which is at present valued at $1.8 million. 

He first represented the USA in 1991, when he was a part of the bronze-winning U.S. showjumping group on the Pan-American Video games in Havana, Cuba.

Fellers got here sixth within the London 2012 Olympics on Versatile, a 16-year-old stallion who he started driving in 2002. 

On the time, Shelly Fellers praised her husband of 25 years as ‘an incredible husband, nice companion’. 

She added: ‘He hates being away from his youngsters and the household.’

The Fellers have two grownup youngsters, Christopher and Savannah.

Fellers competed in two showjumping occasions on the 2012 Olympics, putting sixth and eighth

Kehring is pictured at a showjumping occasion in Florida in January 2021

Fellers purchased this equestrian property in 1989. It’s now valued at $1.8 million

Kehring left her household in California to maneuver in with the present jumper and his spouse. 

She claims issues took a darkish flip when she was 16, and he known as her professing his love. 

She instructed CBS News: ‘I get this name and he says: ‘I’ve these emotions for you, it has been increase the previous six months, you may’t inform anybody, I am loopy about you.’

‘I sat in my room and cried the remainder of the day.’ 

Kehring known as Fellers ‘a sociopath’ who used his place as a coach and revered ‘father determine’ to make advances at her when she was a minor.  

She had first met Fellers when she was 14 and idolized him. 

Kehring credited Fellers – who positioned sixth and eighth throughout London 2012 showjumping occasions – for opening up the elite and aggressive sport to her. 

She stated that after Fellers confessed his feeling for her when she was 16, he continued to ask her to pursue a sexual relationship together with her, even after she’d stated no.

Fellers is pictured after profitable the Rolex FEI World Cup leaping closing within the Netherlands in 2012 

Fellers pictured on the 2012 Olympics in Greenwich Park, London. He got here sixth and eighth in two showjumping occasions. 

Though Kehring stored rejecting his affords, she stated she ultimately felt cornered and stated sure. 

‘It should not have occurred,’ Kehring stated. 

‘And I had stated ‘No’ earlier than it even began. I had stated ‘No’ initially, I had stated ‘No’ a number of occasions.’ 

Kehring stated the connection ended when Shelly walked in on them at a Michigan horse present in July 2020.  

Fellers was arrested on June 7, 2021 in Oregon by the Tualatin Police Division, who had performed a months lengthy investigation into the matter following a tip from the U.S. Heart for SafeSport, a nonprofit centered on ending all types of abuse in sport. 

They’d acquired a number of nameless tip-offs about Fellers’ alleged abuse of Kehring.  

‘The facility in me has been restored by defending others and guaranteeing that nobody else might be scarred by this identical expertise,’ Kehring stated in a press release launched by her attorneys. 

‘I’m so grateful for the work the Tualatin Police Division and FBI have executed on my behalf and on the behalf of others in comparable conditions.’