Consultant picture© AFPThe previous coach of French tennis participant Fiona Ferro has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting her when she was a young person, judicial sources confirmed on Wednesday. Ferro, 25, has accused 50-year-old Pierre Bouteyre of rape and sexual assault between 2012 to 2015, her lawyer Isabelle Colombani instructed AFP. Bouteyre was Ferro's non-public coach and accompanied her throughout tournaments which regularly happened overseas, her lawyer mentioned.Bouteyre has been charged with "rape of a minor by an individual having authority over the sufferer" and "sexual assault of a minor over the age of 15 by an individual having authority over the sufferer", prosecutor Patrice Camberou instructed AFP.Bouteyre, who was additionally the coach of French tennis participant Alize Cornet, "recognises the connection occurred however denies any coercion, it was a love story in response to him", his lawyer Virginie Pin instructed AFP.PromotedBelgian-born Ferro has received two WTA titles and reached a career-high rating of thirty ninth in March 2021, however has now slipped to 259th.(This story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)Subjects talked about on this article