Ingebrigtsen’s father accused sons of ‘perfect character assassination’, court told

Jakob (left) and Henrik Ingebrigtsen were accused by their father, Gjert, of erasing everything they had worked for with a stroke of a pen. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

The father of the double ­Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen accused his sons of a “perfect ­character assassination” on a secret recording made after they fired him, a court has been told.

Gjert Ingebrigtsen also claimed that he had been dragged “down to hell” after he was referred to child services following an incident in January 2022 where he was accused of whipping his daughter, Ingrid, in the face with a wet towel.