BETHLEHEM, Pa. – An Olympian and former Lehigh County commissioner pleaded guilty Monday to harassing a Bethlehem woman.
Marty Nothstein pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct, one count of harassment, and one count of defiant trespass, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s office said he was sentenced to two years of probation and will not face jail time. He was ordered to pay fines and was issued a no-contact order prohibiting him from contacting the woman or her family, according to the DA’s office.
In a news release, the DA’s office said the guilty plea came after a plea arrangement between the Commonwealth and Nothstein’s defense attorney.
Part of the plea agreement included the PFAs that Nothstein filed against the woman to be dropped, according to the news release. A PFA filed by the woman against Nothstein remains in effect for one year, the DA’s office said.
Nothstein had been facing stalking and criminal mischief charges.
Those charges stemmed from a series of incidents involving his ex-girlfriend in 2024.
Prosecutors said after the woman broke up with him, Nothstein showed up at her house and workplace, and damaged some of her property.
Nothstein, an Emmaus native, won an Olympic gold medal in track cycling in 2000.
He later ran for Congress, losing to Democrat Susan Wild.