The following document is a statement written by Mr. Jeff King and Mrs. Annikla King, parents of former students who attended NV Taekwondo.January 20", 2014 STATEMENT To Whom It May Concern, We, Jeff and Annikka King, feel a moral obligation to state our experience of the conversation we had with Master Marc Gitelman on September the 13", 2013. This statement is in regards to his confessed relationship with Ms. Yasmine Brown. Our two boys were part of his school, NV Taekwondo, from January 2011 until September 2013. We were very involved parents and volunteered on a regular basis in the school. We liked the school and the program because of the student instructors (Yasmine Brown and three other female instructors) and how they taught our children. We always felt that Master Gitelman provided the space and the instructors offered the warmth and value of his school. In May 2013 three of the four instructors (including Ms. Brown) left the program abruptly and without any explanation from them or Master Gitelman. Our family did not participate in the taekwondo program over summer months due to travelling overseas to see our family. We returned to NV Taekwondo in September, 2013. Upon our return we heard from other parents of Master Gitelman’s alleged involvement/relationship with Ms. Brown which was assumed ‘to be the reason why she left. On the morning of September 13", 2013 we saw Ms. Browns’ confession on Facebook regarding a physical relationship with Master Gitelman. Being heavily involved parents of NV Taekwondo program we were asked to go and speak with Master Gitelman about the allegations. Whenwe arrived at the school Master Gitelman had a meeting area set up in front of the school so he can speak to parents without the children hearing the conversation. Once Master Gitelman was finished addressing a group parents we sat down with him. Marc Gitelman told us about his involvement with Ms. Brown openly and in detail. He admitted to having a sexual relationship with Ms. Brown which started when she was 16 years old. Master Gitelman repeated several times that the age of consent is 16 years old in the state of Nevada and basically he was not breaking any laws. In the course of our conversation Master Gitelman brought up a scenario where he, Ms. Brown and other female instructors were participating in a drinking game involving alcohol and the purpose of the game was to try to get as close to the other person as you can without making contact. If you failed and made contact the punishment was to drink a shot of alcohol. Marc Gitelman said that the game ended in sexual encounter with all the participants of the game. This took place in a hotel room during an out of state tournament. Master Gitelman said in his exact words ~ “! know | should have ran the other direction and should not have been involved in the game but | am only a man and got caught up in the moment...” - Mentioning that the age of 16 is legal consent in the state of Nevada I, Jeff King, asked Master Gitelman if he felt he could possibly be faced with legal ramifications because of the sexual encounter happening outside of the state of Nevada. Master Gitelman’s demeanor changed to be nervous and scared and in his exact words he said — “I didn’t even think about that!” Mr. Gitelman said he would need to ask from his lawyer. After the confession of drinking games Master Gitelman showed us a poem that Ms. Brown wrote to him. He told us that they had a serious dating relationship and that they were in love. Continuing in the conversation Master Gitelman admitted in having a relationship with two other former students prior to the relationship with Ms. Brown. That comment was especially unsettling. During our conversation we said repeatedly that we are not trying to pry in his personal life but given the weight of the accusation we needed to make a decisionif NV Taekwondo would continue to be environment where our children would participate in his program. After serious thinking we made the decision to pull our kids from Master Gitelmans program. We felt that we could not support his lack of judgment based ‘on a confession that there was a total of 3 young athletes that he was involved with. ‘This statement was written by Jeff and Annika King and all of the above is true and based to the best of our recollections. If there are any further questions, please contact us tI ‘Thank you, Jeff King Annika‘The following document s a statement written by Miss Nicole Marie Rock.w January 20, 2014 Hello, My name is Nicole Rock and I was a student of Mare Gitelman’s for approximately ‘twelve years until I left May 17, 2013. A few days prior to leaving, Marc asked myself and Krystal Graham to stay after the school closed up. From there he began by stating that he had made some mistakes that he was not proud off, but feared that soon everyone would know his mistakes. He had said that, that very day he went down to Gary Booker’s office and had created an in-depth deposition about everything that he had done. He then stated that he had sexual ‘Then m ., during the California State Qualifier, Marc stated that Kendra Gatt (15 at this time), Yasmin Brown (16 at this time), Krystal Graham (23 at this time), and Mare started drinking aleohol in the hotel room. Yasmin could not handle the alcohol very well, and shortly after they started drinking was sent back to her room. Then he stated that Kendra, Krystal, and himself, continued drinking and played inappropriate, sexual drinking games, with Kendra. Then he said that during Nationals 2010, he began his relationship with Yasmin Brown, where they slept together two or three times on that trip. After that ‘Telationship began, come August on his birthday weekend, he invited students of his to go down to the Lake in Arizona. Yasmin and Krystal were the only two who went on this trip with him. From there he said that one thing lead to another, with alcohol involved, he ended up sleeping with the two students (Krystal and Yasmin). Then he reminded me of the New Year's incident which took place December 31, 2010 at the Taekwondo studio where we were holding a fundraiser for student children to spend the night at the studio. This night involved heavy amounts of Rumple Minze in which, myself (17 at the time), Kendra (16 at the time), Yasmin (16 at the time), Krystal (24 atthe time), and ‘Mare consumed, under his consent. This was the only time I actually drank, but the alcohol ‘consumption was so great, I for one cannot remember the night past an hour or two of drinking, let alone control my behavior. The topic then changed to how everyone would know what he did and he is ving with this anxiety that he could no longer take, He said that every time the dog ‘barked, he feared that the police where coming up his doorsteps to arrest him. That is when the conversation started to sound like a threat. He stated that he was more than willing to tun himself in, he had already created an in-depth deposition early that afternoon at Gary Booker’s office and Gary (who he said was a good friend of his) asked if this is what he wanted to do. Gary had told him that this situation could ruin not only his life and career, but also Yasmin’s, Kencira’s, and Krystal’s. He then said that Gary said that he would seal his deposition up in a vault so Mare could make a rational decision on what he wanted to do. Marc then stated to Kaystal and I, that he was ready to turn himself in, but he could not stand to see others hurt for his actions. He stated that Krystal’s life would be ruined if this ever got out to the public, she would lose her medicine license, and would not be allowed to be with her three year-old nephew. ‘Yasmin’s family would be dragged through the mud and all their skeletons would be open to the public, Kendra’s past would be questioned, and he did not want to bring ENN back into the situation, because she was done with it and just wanted to move on. He said that bycoming forward and tuming himself into the police, he would bring down everyone else involve, and he just could not do that. He stated that the only other option was to just not talk about the situation any longer, and forget about it, that was the only way no one could get hurt. Asa former student of Mare’s for over twelve years, never interacted with him in a sexual manner. In fact I tried to stay as far away from him as possible. Especially, during ‘touraments, because that was when he would try to isolate athletes. There were plenty times in ‘which he would call an athlete down to grab the nail clippers, or watch fight tapes in his room and they would be gone for 45 min- 2 hours ata time. Therefore, after this conversation, I taught ‘one more class at NV Taekwondo and quit the next day. I was about 5-6 weeks away from going to the Maccabiah Games, in which I forfeited my seat on the team. We had already fundraised the $5000.00 for the trip to Israel and $2500.00 for Marc (the team coach), and I was ready to ‘compete, but I could not trust a coach that had slept with four of his athletes, and one of them ‘was during the Maccabiah Games. Leading up to the Games, Marc had tried to pump me up to going, by complementing the culture, reminiscing his previous trips there being both a coach and an athlete. During these talks he would say how last time him and his athletes would go to clubs, and he would have to sneak| thru the back door, because she was only 17. I did not wish to be put in that type of situation. I gave up an ity to compete internationally, because I feared that I could be, Yasmin, Kendra, or Krystal. ‘Thank you for taking the time to read this statement, and I swear that everything stated above is the full truth. Sincerely, Nicole Rock Viole Fook Phone: i itruonee) by Sect bat