Avram Grant, the former soccer coach of the Israel national team and the English club Chelsea, was accused of sexually harassing multiple women in a TV investigation broadcast Sunday.

In Channel 12’s investigative show “Exposure,” journalist Haim Etgar presented almost an hour of testimonies from several women who accused Grant of using his prominent position to try and coerce them into sexual relations.

The women told a similar story of an influential man who offered to advance the careers of young women in exchange for sex, pressuring them until they gave in.

“He told me, ‘Make yourself comfortable, take off your clothes.’ I thought he was joking. I was sitting far away from him, on the edge of the couch. He asked me to come closer and tried to hug me, really grabbed me and did not let go,” said the woman, who was 22 at the time.

Several other women also said they were denied access to Grant on a professional level after rebuffing his advances. They also said his behavior was an open secret in the industry.

In response, Grant did not deny the accusations, but apologised to all the victims saying that any harm he had caused was unintentional.

“In my life, both in a personal and professional capacity, I have always sought, above and beyond any successes or achievements, to prioritize staying a human being and to respect every woman or man, whoever they may be,” he said.

“I am a people person, a man of friendships. And over the years I have maintained relationships with women. In all these relationships I have tried very hard to treat them with respect and friendship and I never intended to behave unfairly or in any way harm any woman. Anyone who has felt uncomfortable or hurt by me, I regret it and apologize from the bottom of my heart.”