Teens allege a polo icon John Gobin used cash, threats and power to prey on them sexually

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Six women interviewed by The Washington Post claim John Gobin engaged in a pattern of harassment and misconduct, including sexual encounters with underage teens​

“Your body looks really good,” the then 16-year-old recalled Gobin, a married man in his 50s, telling her, before offering her a job on the Middleburg farm where he has run the Twilight Polo Club school for 15 years and has had dozens of young employees.

She said she initially brushed off the comment. The chance to work with someone of Gobin’s stature seemed like a great opportunity for an up-and-coming player.

Instead, the woman, now 19, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Virginia state court Monday that Gobin pressured her and another underage girl into sex before trying to silence them. She is among half a dozen women who described to The Washington Post a pattern of sexual harassment and misconduct by Gobin over five years, alleging he demeaned teens and young women, inappropriately touched them or offered them cash for sex. Gobin denies all their claims.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Polo Association announced it had begun an investigation against Gobin for allegations related to having sex with women under 18 on multiple occasions.

Gobin has not been charged with any crime. The Loudoun and Fauquier County Sheriff’s Offices told The Post in statements they were aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Gobin, but the agencies and the FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of any investigations.

 

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Six women interviewed by The Washington Post claim John Gobin engaged in a pattern of harassment and misconduct, including sexual encounters with underage teens​

“Your body looks really good,” the then 16-year-old recalled Gobin, a married man in his 50s, telling her, before offering her a job on the Middleburg farm where he has run the Twilight Polo Club school for 15 years and has had dozens of young employees.

She said she initially brushed off the comment. The chance to work with someone of Gobin’s stature seemed like a great opportunity for an up-and-coming player.

Instead, the woman, now 19, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Virginia state court Monday that Gobin pressured her and another underage girl into sex before trying to silence them. She is among half a dozen women who described to The Washington Post a pattern of sexual harassment and misconduct by Gobin over five years, alleging he demeaned teens and young women, inappropriately touched them or offered them cash for sex. Gobin denies all their claims.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Polo Association announced it had begun an investigation against Gobin for allegations related to having sex with women under 18 on multiple occasions.

Gobin has not been charged with any crime. The Loudoun and Fauquier County Sheriff’s Offices told The Post in statements they were aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Gobin, but the agencies and the FBI declined to confirm or deny the existence of any investigations.

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