Brett Camerota, a silver medalist who competed as a Nordic combined skier in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges involving an alleged protective order violation.
The protective order prohibited Camerota from contacting his ex-wife and was issued as the result of another criminal court case, in which Camerota is accused of domestic violence assault. He pleaded guilty in the initial case last summer.
Camerota’s ex-wife reported him to law enforcement in late July, stating that Camerota sent her over 50 text messages “complaining about a friend she’d had at her house in Summit County,” according to the indictment.
“Camerota texted her about 10 minutes after her friend left, which led [the ex-wife] to believe that Camerota was outside her home,” the indictment says. “In the texts, Camerota threatened to sue [her], called her derogatory names, used vulgar language and stated he was tempted to follow the person home.”
He was charged with three counts of violation of a protective order on July 30, but the charges have since been modified to attempted violation of a protective order.
Camerota pleaded guilty to all three charges on Jan. 10. Each charge is a misdemeanor that carries a potential penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
“In Summit County on July 30, 2024, I texted my ex-wife in violation of a validly served protective order,” Camerota wrote in his plea documents. “I sent three text messages.”
Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. before Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik.