Leaked footage shows disgraced Olympic star’s full atrocities

Leaked footage has exposed the horrifying scope of disgraced Olympics legend Charlotte Dujardin’s dirty act.

Leaked footage has exposed the disturbing scope of disgraced Olympics champ Charlotte Dujardin’s dirty acts after her snap decision to quit on the eve of the Paris Games.

The three-time gold medallist, the joint most-decorated British female Olympian, withdrew and accepted a provisional six-month ban when coming clean about her acts of animal abuse.

The dressage star apologised on Tuesday night (AEST) after a video emerged in which she is alleged to have beaten a horse with a long whip 24 times in one minute.

Now the footage has begun to spread — and it is worse than many could have ever contemplated.

The video, first released by Good Morning Britain, was taken four years ago and allegedly showed the 39-year-old mistreating a horse when trying to get the animal to slowly trot during a lesson with a young student.

With the trainee rider mounted, Dujardin can allegedly be seen whipping the horse’s legs repeatedly.

The video has rocked the country.

“It has profoundly shocked everybody in the equestrian world,” former editor of Horse and Hound Lucy Higginson said.

Good morning Britain was the first to run the footage.

Leading British social commentator David Kurten wrote on Twitter: “The cruel abuse of this horse by Charlotte Dujardin is horrific and a stain on our nation.

“Two urgent questions need answers: Did she whip horses regularly? Are dozens or hundreds of other dressage horses regularly whipped and abused by other trainers?”

Australian Rosita Diaz wrote on Twitter: “She should be banned for life & all her horses/animals taken off her. You don’t abuse animals!!”

The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) suspended Dujardin just days before the start of the Olympics.

“The FEI has officially announced the provisional suspension of British Dressage athlete Charlotte Dujardin effective immediately from the date of notification, 23 July 2024,” it said in a statement.

“This decision renders her ineligible to participate in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games or any other events under the jurisdiction of the FEI.”

The FEI said the video was submitted to it by an “undisclosed complainant”.

The horse was struck 24 times in one minute. Photo: Good Morning Britain.

“According to the information received, the footage was allegedly taken several years ago during a training session conducted by Ms Dujardin at a private stable,” the organisation said.

The governing body said Dujardin had confirmed she was depicted in the video and had acknowledged that her conduct was “inappropriate”.

“Charlotte Dujardin requested to be provisionally suspended pending the outcome of the investigations and voluntarily withdrew from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and also confirmed that she will not participate in any competitions pending the outcome of the FEI’s investigation,” it said.

“The FEI condemns any conduct contrary to the welfare of horses and has robust rules in place to address such behaviour.”

Mystery continues to swirl about the whistleblower’s identity.

The identity of the whistleblower remains unknown. Photo: Good Morning Britain.

Dutch lawyer Stephan Wensing, who filed the complaint on the whistleblower’s behalf, has now spoken out.

“Everyone who deals with horses has their own responsibility in this, and this also applies to bystanders who become aware of excesses,” he said.

“Equestrian sport must regulate itself and ensure that there can never be a discussion about horse welfare in sport again.

“This is a very important task for the jury members who have lost sight of the core value of dressage for far too long and have overvalued spastic movements of horses.

“It’s extremely sad that one of the most successful riders in the world has to pay the price.

“But this rider has also not taken any responsibility and this cannot go unpunished.

“The federations and in particular the FEI can be expected to take even more adequate action against animal abuse, precisely to ensure the continued existence of equestrian sports.”

Following Wensing’s complaint the FEI launched a probe into the incident and handed Dujardin a provisional six-month ban.

Wensing had previously compared the treatment of the horse to that of “an elephant in a circus”.

He told Good Morning Britain: “My client used to be a sponsor, and she was in the UK, and she sponsored a lesson for Charlotte to a student.

Silver medallist Germany’s Isabell Werth, gold medallist Germany’s Jessica von Bredow. Werndl and bronze medallist Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin. Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

The pair got engaged for a second time in 2016. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL

“It was a young girl of 19 years old riding her horse, and she got a lesson from Charlotte Dujardin in the UK.

“Charlotte Dujardin was in the middle of the arena. She said to the student, ‘your horse must lift up the legs more in the canter’.

“She took the long whip and she was beating the horse more than 24 times in one minute and really hard, really harsh, really tough.

“This is not just one incident. My client has visited Charlotte Dujardin’s stable more times and she has seen it happen more times.”

Dujardin, however, insisted in her earlier statement the video did not reflect her actions.

“A video has emerged from four years ago which shows me making an error of judgement during a coaching session,” she said in a statement.

“Understandably, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) is investigating and I have made the decision to withdraw from all competition — including the Paris Olympics —while this process takes place.

“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse. I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.”

Dujardin won’t be competing in the Paris Games. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

It is a fall from grace for the athlete, who was the darling of equestrian sports after winning gold in the Individual and Team dressage events in London 2012.

She was awarded a CBE and even invited to have afternoon tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, who said of Dujardin: “Now, you’ve never seen anyone ride quite as well as this young lady.”

Dujardin’s love for equestrian began in her childhood when her parents bought her and her sister Emma Jane Shetland ponies.

The sisters would race across “any field we could find” near her hometown of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, before making the move up to show ponies and then her first dressage horse at the age of 19 - paid for with inheritance from her grandmother after she died of cancer.

— with The Sun

Originally published as Leaked footage shows disgraced Olympic star’s full atrocities