Stephen Kovacs

{{Short description|American champion fencer (1972–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Stephen Kovacs | image =  | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt =  | caption = | pronunciation = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1972|1|4}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|1|15|1972|1|4}} | death_place = Somerset County Jail, Somerville, New Jersey, US | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | burial_place =  | burial_coordinates =  | nationality =  | other_names = | alma_mater = Columbia University ('95) | occupation = Fencing coach | years_active = 2007–21 | employer = Ridge High School | organization = | known_for = Junior national champion saber fencer; later a fencing coach; arrested for sexual assault of two teenage students; died in jail. | height =  | title =  | term = | predecessor = | successor = | opponents = | criminal_charges = *two counts of 2nd degree sexual assault *two counts of 3rd degree endangering the welfare of a child. *felony 4th degree false swearing<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto12"/> | criminal_status = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | family = | awards = *1989 United States Fencing Association (USFA) Under-17 saber champion *1990 USFA Under-20 (Junior) saber champion *NCAA All American in saber (1991, 1993, 1994) *1993 USFA saber team championship | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | footnotes = }} '''Stephen Matias Kovacs''' (January 4, 1972 – January 15, 2022) was an American saber fencer and fencing coach.<ref name="auto15">[http://museumofamericanfencing.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Div-I-Team-National-Champions-by-year.pdf "U.S. Fencing Division I Team National Champions by Year,"] Museum of American Fencing.</ref><ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/2721930|title=BrokerCheck; Stephen Matias Kovacs|website=FINRA}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/nyregion/en-garde-fatherandson-fencing.html|title=En Garde! Father-and-Son Fencing|first=Arnold|last=Bornstein|date=June 5, 1994|work=The New York Times}}</ref> He was a three-time NCAA All American for Columbia University, four-time All-Ivy League, and the first fencer to win four consecutive Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships. As a fencing coach, he then coached at the Pingry School, Princeton Junior School, Stevens Institute of Technology, Duke University, Ridge High School, and private fencing clubs including one that he founded. In October 2021 he was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and false swearing, and imprisoned in the Somerset County Jail in Somerville, New Jersey. On October 29, 2021, the United States Center for SafeSport temporarily suspended Kovacs, pending an investigation by it of allegations against him. On January 15, 2022, Kovacs committed suicide (aged 50) in Somerset County Jail.

==Early life==

Kovacs' hometown was Hampton, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and he later lived in Clifton, in Passaic County and in Watchung in Somerset County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/nj-fencing-coach-accused-sex-assault-2-girls-dies-jail|title=NJ Fencing Instructor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls Dies In Jail; Stephen Kovacs, 49, of Watchung owned Kaprica United Fencing Academy in Bridgewater and formerly served as a coach in Ridge High School|author=Alexis Tarrazi|date=January 19, 2022|website=Bridgewater, NJ Patch}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/fencing/roster/stephen-kovacs/80|title=Stephen Kovacs - 1993–94 Fencing Roster|website=Columbia University Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/somerset/police-fire/nj-fencing-coach-columbia-u-champ-who-sexually-assaulted-2-teens-lied-under-oath-prosecutor/818871/|title=NJ Fencing Coach, Columbia U Champ Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Teens Lied Under Oath: Prosecutor|author=Cecilia Levine|date=October 26, 2021|website=Somerset Daily Voice}}</ref> He attended North Hunterdon High School.<ref name="auto2"/>

In 1989, Kovacs won the United States Fencing Association (USFA) Under-17 saber championship, and in 1990 he won the USFA Under-20 (Junior) saber championship.<ref>[https://www.fencingarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/magazines/af/AF%20Vol%2040%20Num%203%20-%201989-03.pdf "Under-I7 Men's Saber"], ''American Fencing'', p. 24, March/April/May 1989.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1990/12/30/927690.html?pageNumber=212|title=Winners of Individual and Team Championships|page=4 S|date= December 30, 1990|website=The New York Times}}</ref> He was coached at the New York Athletic Club by Vasil Etropolski, the 1983 saber world champion from Bulgaria.<ref name="auto1"/>

==College career== Kovacs then attended Columbia University ('95) in New York City, where he majored in Eastern European History and Economics.<ref name="auto16">{{Cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/03/28/faces-in-the-crowd|title=Faces in the Crowd|date=March 28, 1994|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref><ref name="auto10">{{Cite web|url=https://docplayer.net/84625039-Duke-university-fencing-media-guide.html|title=Stephen Kovacs; Assistant Coach; 3rd Season |website=Duke University Fencing Media Guide|page=5|date=2013}}</ref><ref name="auto4">Evan Rosenman (June 8, 2008). [https://www.pingry.org/uploaded/2016_Our_Community/Students/Publications/Pingry_Record/record-jun82008.pdf "Mr. Stephen Kovacs Departs for Wall Street,"] ''The Pingry Record'', p. 6.</ref> There, he fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team from 1990 to 1994, and was team captain.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/somerset/2021/10/fencing-coach-charged-with-sex-assaults-began-preying-on-teens-on-europe-utah-trips-authorities-say.html|title=Fencing coach charged with sex assaults began preying on teens at out-of-state competitions, authorities say|author=Jeff Goldman|date=October 28, 2021|website=NJ.com}}</ref> He overcame a serious fencing injury, after in 1992 suffering a rupture of his Achilles tendon while lunging during a college tournament.<ref name="auto1"/>

In 1994 he became the first fencer to win four consecutive Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships, and came in fourth in the NCAA Saber Championship; Kovacs was also an NCAA First Team All American in 1991, 1993, and 1994, and was four-time First Team All-Ivy League (in 1991–94).<ref name="auto16"/><ref>[https://usfencingresults.org/history/Collegiate/IFA/IFA%20Championships.pdf "IFA Fencing Championships,"] US Fencing Results, January 29, 2013.</ref><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolumbialions.com/documents/2020/2/22/2019_20_Columbia_Fencing_Record_Book.pdf|title=2019–20 Columbia Fencing Record Book|publisher=Columbia University|date=2020|archive-date=January 20, 2022|access-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120220504/https://s3.amazonaws.com/gocolumbialions.com/documents/2020/2/22/2019_20_Columbia_Fencing_Record_Book.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1994, when he was 22 years old, ''The New York Times'' reported that he was thought to have a good shot at making the 1996 US Olympic fencing team.<ref name="auto1"/> Columbia presented him with its Outstanding Senior Athlete Award and the George Cointe Award for Sportsmanship and Excellence.<ref name="auto10"/><ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol19/vol19_iss28/record1928.25 "Columbia Athletes Honored at Varsity 'C' Dinner Marking End of 1993–94 Season,"] ''Columbia University Record'', May 13, 1994, Vol. 19, No. 28.</ref>

Kovacs was also part of the New York Athletic Club saber team led by Olympians Paul Friedberg and John Friedberg that won the 1993 USFA saber team championship.<ref>[https://www.fencingarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/magazines/af/AF%20Vol%2043%20Num%204%20-%201993-Summer.pdf "1993 National Championships,"] ''American Fencing'', Summer 1993, p. 23.</ref><ref name="auto15"/>

==Professional career== Early in his career, Kovacs was a securities trader for Datek/Heartland Securities from 1996 to 1997, Assent LLC from 2008 to 2009, WTS Proprietary Trading Group from 2010 to 2013, and Tradescape/E*TRADE.<ref name="auto4"/><ref name=ducks/><ref name="auto11"/>

From 2007 to 2008, Kovacs taught sixth grade Humanities and began his coaching career by coaching fencing at the Pingry School in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey.<ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto10"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fencing-coach-charged-with-sex-assaults-began-preying-on-teens-on-europe-utah-trips-authorities-say/ar-AAQ3x6P|title=Fencing coach charged with sex assaults began preying on teens at out-of-state competitions, authorities say|author=Jeff Goldman|website=msn.com|date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> He left to work in business on Wall Street.<ref name="auto4"/>

In August 2009, Kovacs was named the head men's fencing coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.<ref name=ducks>[https://stevensducks.com/news/2009/8/28/MFENCE_4774.aspx "Kovacs Named Head Men's Fencing Coach,"]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Steven Ducks, August 28, 2009.</ref> The team had a 13–7 record for the season.<ref name="auto9"/><ref name="auto14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jersey-fencing-coach-accused-sexually-031508574.html|title=New Jersey fencing coach accused of sexually assaulting 2 teens dies in jail|website=Yahoo|author=Adam Sabes|date=January 19, 2022|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122045953/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jersey-fencing-coach-accused-sexually-031508574.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time, Kovacs served as an assistant saber coach at the New York Athletic Club.<ref name="auto10"/>

In August 2010, Kovacs became an Assistant Fencing Coach at Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, a position he held through 2013.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto9"/><ref name="auto10"/> There he mentored three-time NCAA women's saber champion Becca Ward.<ref name="auto9"/>

In 2013, Kovacs joined the staff of Medeo Fencing Club in Bridgewater, in Somerset County, New Jersey.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eccycnj.org/nj-fencing-coach-columbia-u-champ-who-sexually-assaulted-2-teens-lied-under-oath-prosecutor-rutherford-daily-voice/|title=NJ Fencing Coach, Columbia U Champ Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Teens Lied Under Oath: Prosecutor|work=Rutherford Daily Voice }}</ref>

In 2013–18, Kovacs was also a fifth grade teacher and taught fencing to girls and boys at the Princeton Junior School, in Princeton, in Mercer County, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awindowtoourworld.weebly.com/enrichment-classes.html|title=Winter 2017-18 Enrichment Program at PJS|date=December 17, 2017|website=A Window to Our World}}</ref>

In 2018, Kovacs founded and thereafter owned Kaprica United Fencing Academy in Bound Brook, in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he was head coach.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/fencing-instructor-sexually-assaulted-girls-bridgewater-cops|title=Somerset County Fencing Instructor Sexually Assaulted Girls In Bridgewater: Cops; Stephen Kovacs, 49, of Watchung, owns Kaprica United Fencing Academy in Bridgewater and formally served as a coach in Ridge High School|author=Alexis Tarrazi|date=October 26, 2021|website=Bridgewater, NJ Patch}}</ref>

Kovacs was appointed the Ridge High School head boys’ fencing coach by the Bernards Township School District on November 11, 2019, for a salary of $8,542.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/basking-ridge/sections/education/articles/several-ridge-h-s-coaches-approved-appointed|title=Several Ridge H.S. Coaches Approved, Appointed|website=TAPinto|author=Gene Robbins|date=November 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ridgehigh.bernardsboe.com/sports/coaches_directory_2019|title=Coaches Directory 2019|website=Ridge High School|date=2019|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121053711/https://ridgehigh.bernardsboe.com/sports/coaches_directory_2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The school is in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey.<ref name="auto6"/> The boys and girls fencing teams practice together and go to meets together.<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/basking-ridge/articles/school-board-members-grapple-with-two-hot-topics-monday|title=School Board Members Grapple with Two Hot Topics Monday|website=TAPinto|author=Gene Robbins|date=November 24, 2021}}</ref> In January 2020, the boys' team won the overall title in the Cetrullo Tournament, New Jersey's most important regular-season tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/01/boys-fencing-ridge-wins-cetrullo-tournament-to-complete-weekend-sweep-photos.html|title=Boys Fencing: Ridge wins Cetrullo Tournament to complete weekend sweep|date=January 13, 2020|author=Brandon Carusillo|website=NJ.com}}</ref> He was head coach through February 2021.<ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JhtBZFftxrdpmvjrRwT3X0SP6erC_gGV3kIeNW8aLrM/edit?usp=embed_facebook|title=Red Devils Athletics at Ridge High School; A Guide for Parents and Student-Athletes; 2020–21|website=}}</ref> A number of fencers on the school team attended the nearby Kaprica Fencing Academy, which Kovacs owned and where he was head coach.<ref name="auto8"/>

==Arrests and SafeSport suspension== ===Arrests=== On October 13, 2021, Kovacs was arrested at the Somerset County (New Jersey) Prosecutor's Office by detectives from the Bridgewater Township Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit for allegedly sexually assaulting two teenagers.<ref name="auto13">{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-fencing-coach-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-2-teens-dies-in-jail|title=New Jersey fencing coach accused of sexually assaulting 2 teens dies in jail|first=Adam|last=Sabes|date=January 19, 2022|website=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> His encounters with both teenagers took place in his capacity as a fencing coach, within Bridgewater Township in Somerset County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nj1015.com/bridgewater-nj-fencing-coach-accused-in-sex-assaults-of-two-teen-females/|title=Bridgewater fencing coach accused in sex assaults of two teen females|first=Patrick|last=Lavery|website=New Jersey 101.5|date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>

A 16-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted by Kovacs in Bridgewater multiple times in August and September 2021.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/26/stephen-kovacs-fencing-coach-new-jersey-sexual-assault/|title=Fencing Coach Stephen Kovacs Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens|date=October 26, 2021|work=CBS New York}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> An affidavit of probable cause filed by police in support of charges against Kovacs said that he first preyed on teens while on long-distance trips with them for competitions.<ref name="auto9"/> The affidavit said that Kovacs assaulted the 16-year-old in May 2019, at a competition in Salt Lake City, Utah that due to its distance from New Jersey required an overnight stay.<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|url=https://list23.com/291224-fencing-coach-charged-with-sex-assaults-began-preying-on-teenagers-on-european-utah-and-utah-trip/|title='Fencing coach charged with sex assaults began preying on teenagers on European, Utah, and Utah trips,' according to authorities |author=Sam Friedberg|date=October 28, 2021|website=List23: Latest U.S. & World News}}</ref><ref name="auto9"/> It said that she reported that on three occasions in August 2021, Kovacs picked her up at her home and then drove her to a parking lot in Bridgewater to sexually assault her.<ref name="auto9"/> In September 2021, Kovacs was "provided temporary shelter" at the girl's Somerset County home for five nights.<ref name="auto9"/> On at least three of those nights, Kovacs allegedly sexually assaulted her.<ref name="auto9"/> He also allegedly sexually assaulted her in Bound Brook days later.<ref name="auto9"/> Soon after, Kovacs informed SafeSport that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor.<ref name="auto9"/> Kovacs also emailed the girl's parents, telling them he planned to "sell his business and leave," so that they "would not have to worry about him anymore."<ref name="auto9"/>

In addition, a 19-year-old female teenager reported being sexually assaulted by Kovacs in Bridgewater multiple times from January to December 2020, when she was 18 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/somerset/2021/10/nj-fencing-instructor-charged-with-sexual-assault-authorities-say.html|title=N.J. fencing instructor charged with sexual assault, authorities say|author=Noah Cohen|date=October 27, 2021|website=NJ.com}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto3"/> The affidavit said that Kovacs assaulted her first in April 2019, at a competition in Europe that required an overnight stay.<ref name="auto12"/><ref name="auto9"/> She also said Kovacs sent her a sexually explicit video in January 2020, that showed him viewing her Snapchat account.<ref name="auto9"/> The teen also said Kovacs sexually assaulted her multiple times during the year in Bound Brook.<ref name="auto9"/><ref name="auto14"/>

Kovacs was charged with two counts of second degree sexual assault and two counts of third degree endangering the welfare of a child, and imprisoned in the Somerset County Jail in Somerville, New Jersey, pending a bail detention hearing.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/former-ridge-high-fencing-coach-dies-in-jail/article_fec2d37e-704a-5237-b707-963dab7676f4.html|title=Former Ridge High fencing coach dies in jail|website=New Jersey Hills|date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

On October 19, Kovacs was released from jail as a result of his detention hearing.<ref name="auto3"/>

However, three days after he was released, on October 22, a follow-up investigation determined that Kovacs had given false statements under oath during his detention hearing. Consequently, at his home Kovacs was arrested again.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/10/28/fencing-coach-charged-with-sexual-assault-against-16-year-old-girl-another-teen-student/|title=Fencing coach charged with sexual assault against 16-year-old girl, another teen student|date=October 28, 2021|work=Shore News}}</ref> He was charged with felony fourth degree false swearing, and incarcerated once again in the Somerset County Jail, pending a detention hearing.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto12"/>

===SafeSport suspension=== As early as September 2021, Kovacs had reported himself to the United States Center for SafeSport, informing them that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor.<ref name="auto12"/> SafeSport had been set up under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, and is charged with addressing the problem of sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes in sport.<ref>Matthew J. Mitten, Timothy Davis, Rodney K. Smith, Kenneth L. Shropshire (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BmrBDwAAQBAJ&dq=United+States+Center+for+SafeSport&pg=PA841 ''Sports Law and Regulation; Cases, Materials, and Problems,''] Wolters Kluwer.</ref><ref>Brenda G. Pitts, James J. Zhang (2020). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mHP2DwAAQBAJ&q=SafeSport ''Sport Business in the United States; Contemporary Perspectives,''] Taylor & Francis.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2017/March/24/The-US-Center-for-SafeSport-Opens|title=The U.S. Center for SafeSport Opens|location=Denver, Colorado|date=March 24, 2017|website=Team USA|publisher=United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301053519/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2017/March/24/The-US-Center-for-SafeSport-Opens|archive-date= March 1, 2018}}</ref> Its primary responsibility is to review allegations of sexual misconduct, and to impose sanctions—up to banning a person for their lifetime from involvement in all Olympic sports.<ref name="auto6">Nadia Brown (2020). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DHnpDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22SafeSport%22&pg=PT58 ''Me Too Political Science,''] Taylor & Francis.</ref> On October 29, 2021, SafeSport temporarily suspended Kovacs, pending an investigation by it of allegations against Kovacs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usafencing.org/page/show/6838420-ineligible-and-suspended-list|title=List of Individuals Ineligible for / Banned from Membership with USA Fencing|publisher=USA Fencing|date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Death== On January 15, 2022, Kovacs committed suicide in Somerset County Jail.<ref name="auto13"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/somerset/obituaries/nj-fencing-coach-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-2-teens-dies-in-jail-report/824174/|title=NJ Fencing Coach Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens Dies In Jail: Report|date=January 19, 2022|website=Somerset Daily Voice|author=Cecilia Levine}}</ref><ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto17">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/courts/2024/01/16/suit-alleges-somerset-jail-did-not-follow-suicide-prevention-policy/72207467007/|title=Suicide victim's children sue Somerset County Jail. Here's why|website=Courier News}}</ref> An investigation was initiated.<ref name="auto14"/> His death was investigated by the Morris County (New Jersey) Prosecutor's Office, to avoid any potential appearance of a conflict of interest.<ref name="auto7"/> The New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, which reports to the New Jersey Attorney General, will support and review the results of the investigation.<ref name="auto6"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/office-of-public-integrity-and-accountability-home/|title=Office of Public Integrity & Accountability|publisher=New Jersey Office of the Attorney General}}</ref> According to a later lawsuit, the autopsy report stated that he had hanged himself with a laundry bag tied around his neck.<ref name="auto17"/>

Kovacs was married and had two children.<ref name="auto10"/> In January 2024, the children filed suit in Somerset County Superior Court, alleging the jail was negligent in not following its suicide prevention policy.<ref name="auto17"/>

==See also== *John David Roy Atchison, US Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide by hanging in a Michigan prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a child *Jeffrey Epstein, suicide by hanging in prison as he awaited trial for alleged sexual abuse of young females *Ivan Lee, saber fencer and fencing coach who sexually abused female athlete *Larry Nassar, sexually abused young female athletes *Ivan Pravilov, coach committed suicide in prison as he awaited trial for alleged sexual abuse of young teenager he coached

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