James “Jimmy” Shea Jr., an Olympian and former Lake Placid resident who was accused of sexual abuse of a child, has pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery, the Park Record in Park City, Utah, reported last week.

Shea, now a resident of Park City, Utah, won the gold medal in skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Early this year, Shea was charged with one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a felony, and two counts of sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor, after an investigation into allegations that he inappropriately touched a preteen girl in Park City last year. Prosecutors dropped the felony charge — which, according to Utah law, carries a sentence of 15 years to life in prison — in exchange for Shea’s guilty plea, according to the Park Record.

Shea was sentenced by Judge Richard Mrazik to two years of supervised probation. The judge also imposed a suspended sentence of 728 days in jail. Shea is not allowed to have contact with the victim, and he’s required to get a psychosexual evaluation within 30 days, according to the Park Record.

Shea’s attorney, Rudy Bautista, told the Park Record there was “overwhelming evidence” that Shea didn’t commit the felony charge. He said pleading guilty to the lesser charges allowed him to avoid a jury trial.

“You do the calculus and you risk a 15-years-to-life mandatory prison sentence versus walking out of there with no jail, no fine and simply court probation on two misdemeanors,” Bautista told the Park Record.

Bautista said Shea admitted to tapping the preteen girl on the hips and butt but there wasn’t a “sexual agenda there.”

Bautista previously said he believed the charges were a result of a family dispute and a misunderstanding about Shea’s touching, The Associated Press reported in March.

Shea is a third-generation Olympian. His grandfather, Jack Shea, won two gold medals in speedskating at the 1932 Winter Olympics in his hometown of Lake Placid.