Rich Fellers was a well-known and respected figure in the Olympic equestrian community to the point that people lashed out at his victim when his numerous crimes were revealed
A former Olympian and legendary equestrian has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 17-year-old after being charged with grooming his teenage student into an illegal relationship.
Rich Fellers, 63, pleaded guilty to interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of second-degree sexual abuse in a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon.
The ex-Olympic show jumper is expected to be sentenced to four years in prison on the federal charges, according to local CBS affiliate station KOIN.
He was arrested in 2021 for sexually abusing one of his students when she was 17-years-old.