Former Irish national and Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is facing 79 charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four girls in the 1970s and 1980s, according to court documents filed in the United States.
Mr Gibney was remanded in custody by a judge in Orlando and is due back in court next Friday week.
The 77-year-old was arrested on foot of international arrest warrants seeking his extradition back to Ireland to face the charges of alleged historical sexual abuse.
Legal documents filed in the US District Court show Mr Gibney is wanted to face 78 counts of indecently assaulting the four girls and one count of also attempting to rape one of them.
Mr Gibney was the alleged victims' coach at the time, and they were aged between eight and 14 years old according to the documents filed with the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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Mr Gibney appeared at a brief hearing yesterday before Judge Daniel Irick and was remanded in custody to appear again in court for a detention hearing on Friday week, the 11 July.
He submitted a financial affidavit and was granted a public defender.
The US documents also show that the Dublin District Court issued 79 warrants for Mr Gibney’s arrest on 6 June 2023, one for each of the alleged offences.
The Irish Embassy in Washington formally requested his extradition in October last year.
The 300-page court filing also says all four alleged victims contacted the gardaí between 2020 and 2022, after the BBC Podcast "Where is George Gibney?" was broadcast and that the complaints were made on 4 February, 2 August and 29 September in 2021, and 20 July 2022.
The alleged victims were not part of the earlier case against Mr Gibney when in 1994 he secured a High Court injunction preventing the DPP proceeding against him.
