Athlete forced into 'hardest decision of life' before receiving two-year ban for 'sex act on plane'
An Olympic Team GB hopeful has been given a two-year ban from all competitions after uploading a video of himself performing a 'sexual act' on a plane in March 2025.
Last year, Kurts Adams Rozentals started posting content on OnlyFans to raise money for his career in canoeing.
The British athlete, 23, told Sky News in May that the £16,000 he received to fund his training from Paddle UK 'is not anywhere near enough to be able to pursue elite sport'.
Paddle UK, however, has argued that 'the athlete had intentionally misinformed the press that his suspension was related to his OnlyFans social media account'.
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The governing body, which gave him a two-year ban from all competitions and training, said he had 'admitted posting an explicit video on their public Instagram profile, which was subsequently removed given its explicit nature'.
But Rozentals, who has made over £100,000 on the subscription platform, said the video he shared was just a bit 'edgy'.
"It didn't get removed by Instagram... it wasn't explicit," he insisted. "It wasn't anything that's not suitable for Instagram."
Rozentals went on to say: "In regards to the social media content, of course, it's not what they want their athletes to be ideally making... it's obviously edgy content.
"I understand that image that they [Paddle UK] want athletes to portray. And it does not align with [the] image that Paddle UK is trying to cultivate of professionalism and whatnot.
"But also that doesn't get views... that also doesn't get that doesn't drive attention... and that's not going to drive sponsorships."
Paddle UK said the athlete had faced a disciplinary hearing, which concluded 'breaches of the Athlete Code of Conduct and Performance Athlete Agreement amounted to gross misconduct', including 'deliberate actions or omissions that bring Paddle UK's name into serious disrepute, indecent, offensive or immoral behaviour, and 'offensive use of social media'.
It comes after Rozentals previously told BBC Sport that he was being 'forced to choose between OnlyFans and the Olympics'.
He said that 'after years of struggle' watching his mum work 90 hours a week and 'having bailiffs at the door', he decided to start posting content on OnlyFans last winter.
"I'm going to find a way where we don't have to struggle," he said. "Where my mum can enjoy her life and I'm able to put everything into this sport because when you're thinking about how to pay the rent this month and you're standing at the start line, that's not very conducive [to performing well].
"It's a tough decision but unless something changes in the way athletes are paid I don't see a way of working with Paddle UK".
Paddle UK said in a statement that it is 'committed to ensuring a safe and open environment for all, and action under the athlete disciplinary policy is taken where necessary and proportionate'.
LADbible has contacted Paddle UK for further comment.
Anish Vij