Former national and Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is expected to return to Ireland as early as tomorrow to face 79 charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four young girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gardaí are in Florida to escort the 77-year-old from the United States where he has lived for over 30 years.
He is due to be formally charged when he arrives in Ireland and brought before Dublin District Court.
Mr Gibney has no previous convictions and will be entitled to apply for bail.
Once charged he will also be legally entitled to anonymity and cannot be identified or named as an accused unless he is convicted.
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Mr Gibney is wanted in Ireland to face 78 counts of indecently assaulting four girls and one count of attempting to rape one of them.
He was the alleged victims' coach and they were aged between eight and 14 at the time, according to the documents filed with a US district court.
The documents also show that Dublin District Court issued 79 warrants for Mr Gibney’s arrest on 6 June 2023, one for each of the alleged offences.
He was arrested by US marshals earlier this month and appeared twice before Judge Daniel Irick in Florida.
Mr Gibney waived his right to contest his extradition on 10 July and agreed to return to Ireland to face the charges.
The US attorney had previously given notice of the US government’s intention to oppose him being granted bail on several grounds, including his refusal to engage with An Garda Síochána and the fact that he "declined to consent to a voluntary interview" in June 2021.
Mr Gibney was described in the court documents as "a flight risk and a danger to the community".
"In relocating to the United States after the first set of allegations was dismissed, Gibney was able to evade the investigation of these allegations in Ireland," the US attorney also submitted.
The Irish Embassy in Washington had formally requested his extradition last October.
US court documents also say that all four alleged victims contacted gardaí between 2020 and 2022 after a BBC podcast called 'Where is George Gibney?' was broadcast and the complaints were made on 4 February, 2 August and 29 September 2021 and 20 July 2022.
The four were not part of the 1994 case against Mr Gibney when he secured a High Court injunction preventing the Director of Public Prosecutions proceeding with the case against him.
