NEW: Peng Shuai said she's retiring from tennis and called allegations she'd made about a former Chinese vice premier sexually abusing her a 'huge misunderstanding,' in an interview with L'Équipe
on Weibo last November that Zhang coerced her to have sex with him and that they had an intermittent consensual relationship for about 10 years.
Peng briefly vanished after making the allegations and denied the claims after reappearing in public — raising"I never said anyone sexually assaulted me," Peng told L'Équipe."My private life should not be brought up in sports and politics."The interview came as the International Olympic Committee announced that its president, Thomas Bach, met with Peng for dinner over the weekend.
IOC member Kirsty Coventry was also at the dinner and the pair attended the China-Norway mixed curling match together on Saturday night, perBach said last Thursday if Peng "wants to have an inquiry, of course we would support her in this, but it must be her decision," according to
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