A former Ohio State University diver claims she was sexually groomed by a coach when she was 16 and he forced her to have sex within a week of them meeting.

Eszter Pryor, now 21, filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio State University Diving Club assistant coach Will Bohonyi on July 11 regarding the alleged sexual abuse she suffered.

Pryor alleges that Bohonyi, who was 27 at the time, started sexually abusing her in July 2014 while she was training at the diving club.

'Everybody liked him and so I thought what he was doing was just normal,' Pryor told the New York Times.

'I didn't think he was being serious at first, but then I didn't know how to stop him.'

Eszter Pryor, now 21, filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio State University Diving Club assistant coach Will Bohonyi on July 11 regarding the alleged sexual abuse she suffered

Pryor said she had no experience with men when the coach approached her and began complimenting her at the time.

The coach was 'telling me I was the most honest, and mature, and kind girl he's ever met,' Pryor said in an interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly on Tuesday.

The relationship allegedly became sexual within a week and last several months.

Pryor alleges that Will Bohonyi, who was 27 at the time, started sexually abusing her in July 2014 while she was training at the diving club

Pryor said she felt trapped in the relationship because she feared reporting the alleged abuse because of the repercussions against her.

The lawsuit said that when one of Pryor's team-mates reported Bohonyi after finding out at a dive meet, Ohio State staff responded by sending her home.

'Bohonyi psychologically coerced (her) into believing that she was required to perform sexual services in exchange for her continued involvement in diving,' the lawsuit alleges.

'He preyed on her age, vulnerability, and dreams of becoming an Olympian, and used the power structure and imbalance of power to make her believe she was required to sexually service him in exchange for her involvement in diving for Team USA.'

The lawsuit alleges that USA Diving at first refused to investigate the coach but later reversed course when another athlete came forward with similar allegations.

After learning of the allegations, Ohio State has said it notified campus police, USA Diving and Franklin County Children's Services.

A campus police investigation was opened in August 2014 and then closed at the Pryor's request before being reopened this January, also at the former diver's request, according to the university.

Ohio State spokesman Ben Johnson said university police are working with the county prosecutor's office in that pending investigation.

Asked why she declined to pursue a prosecution at the time, Pryor told NBC: 'My thing is, they couldn't do their job, so they put it on me. I was 17 years old, and they made it my responsibility to take action for somebody else's mistake.'

Robert Allard, an attorney representing Pryor, said Ohio State did not act after being presented with photos and videos of sexual encounters between the coach and the then-teenage girl.

Pryor is one of two former divers suing Bohonyi, Ohio State University and USA Diving, accusing them of ignoring or obstructing inquiries into allegations that the coach sexually abused them when they were young athletes.

The suit alleges that Bohonyi coerced and forced the divers into frequent sex, telling them, 'You owe me this'.

Ohio State said the school opened an administrative investigation in 2014 after learning about the allegations against Bohonyi and he was fired in August 2014.

Bohonyi has been on USA Diving's banned list since February 2015 for breaching code of conduct regulations related to sexual misconduct.

USA Diving said in a statement on Monday that the body was committed to 'providing a safe environment for our members.'

'We take these matters very seriously,' a spokeswoman said. 'USA Diving is unable to comment further at this time.