Leading athletics coach charged with multiple rape and child sex offences
Vicente Leiva-Modahl, a leading athletics coach, event promoter and football agent, has been charged with multiple sexual offences, including four counts of rape.The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that Leiva-Modahl, 65, has been charged with 19 offences against one woman between 2012 and 2024, dating back to when she was a child.Prosecutors have charged Leiva-Modahl, who was born in Norway but more recently resided in Manchester when he was married to the former British track star Diane Modahl, with two counts of rape of a child and two counts of rape of a female. The couple have since split and Modahl, who competed at four Olympics for Team GB, now goes by Diane Edwards on LinkedIn.Leiva-Modahl also faces five counts of sexual assault on a child, two counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of assault by penetration of a child. He was also further charged with two counts of sexual assault on a female, one count of causing a female to engage in sexual activity, two counts of assault by penetration of a female and one count of controlling and coercive behaviour.Leiva-Modahl will appear at Manchester magistrates’ court on Tuesday morning.AdvertisementJames Bolton-Smith, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Vicente Leiva-Modahl for a number of serious sex offences, including offences relating to child sexual abuse.“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings. We have worked closely with Greater Manchester Police as they carried out their investigation.”The CPS has said that Leiva-Modahl has “a right to a fair trial”. “It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings,” the CPS added.
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