Overview

• Gjert Ingebrigtsen received a 15-day suspended sentence and a 10,000 NOK fine after being convicted of striking daughter Ingrid with a wet towel in early 2022.
• A Norwegian court acquitted the 59-year-old father of charges relating to son Jakob, finding reasonable doubt over claims of extended physical and psychological abuse.
• Ingrid Ingebrigtsen, who left home at 15 after the towel incident, was awarded compensation and testified about enduring strict control and coercion.
• Jakob, a double Olympic champion, described a childhood marked by fear and manipulation before he and his brothers severed ties with their father in 2022.
• The high-profile trial has drawn intense media scrutiny of the family’s private dynamics and the patriarch’s traditional coaching methods.