Standing in his pajamas in front of the hotel room door, he was startled when Haultain entered. He had been watching his favorite movie, “The Sound of Music.” She knew what she was going to do and felt powerless to stop it. She then detailed the prosecutors and in her lawsuit, he penetrated her with his hands.
The next day, he could barely get a ball over the net during the tournament. He scolded her and told her to follow what had happened.
He returned to San Diego broken. Days later, back in Kansas City, unable to sleep, eat or do homework and fearing an upcoming trip with Haultain to a tournament in Portugal, Jensen said yes when his older sister asked him if his coach he had abused. Then her sister told her parents.
Jensen immediately stopped training with Haultain. Her parents encouraged her to keep playing, not to let Haultain steal her love for the game. They were unaware of the full extent of the abuse because they had not asked for details. So they tried to minimize the trauma by treating it in private, he said.
Fred Jensen now realizes the terrible mistake he made, for his daughter and for the safety of the other children. Her instinct told her to protect her daughter’s anonymity, to try, in her words, to “train her through it,” “design her return to normalcy,” and save her from guilt and victimization experienced by so many survivors of sexual assault. This was exactly the opposite of what her daughter needed, which was outreach, police involvement, and ultimately justice.
“Predators tell you not to chase something like that,” he said.
In the summer of 2010, however, Jensen told a teacher what Haultain had done to her. The teacher was required to report it to the police, and he did.
Jensen now understands that Haultain essentially brainwashed him, that he was very good at getting what he wanted, as so many predators are.