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Federal Government Investigating USA Swimming Over Sexual Abuse Claims And Alleged Shady Business PracticesThe Wall Street Journal reported today that several federal government agencies are in the process of investigating USA Swimming, the sport’s national governing body, over a variety of alleged misdeeds, following a report last month that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating several U.S. ...

SafeSport Bans Swimming Coach Sean Hutchison For Sexual AbuseThe U.S. Center for SafeSport banned swimming coach Sean Hutchison on Friday for what its documents called a violation of policies by “digitally penetrating a minor, receiving oral contact from a minor, and engaging in sexual intercourse all with an athlete whom he coached.” That swimmer is Ariana K...

Another Empty Congressional Hearing About Sexual Abuse In Sports Came And Went With many of the cameras and reporters gone, the fourth Senate hearing about sexual abuse in Olympic sports took on a different tone. There was no yelling. There was no demanding of answers. CEOs of the organizations that oversee Olympic sports had a few chuckles. The grandstanding was gone, just th...

Leaders From Gymnastics And The USOC Sat Down For A Congressional Grilling

The heads of the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, USA Swimming, USA Taekwondo, USA Volleyball, and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were grilled today by members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee about their roles in protecting member athletes from sexual abuse....

Lawsuit: USA Swimming Covered Up For Coach Accused Of Sexual Abuse 

Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming as well as several other swimming organizations on Monday for what she says was their role in protecting the coach Smith has accused of sexually abusing her. The lawsuit was filed in Orange County Superior Court and claims three causes of action: sexual abuse of...

Document Shows Changes Recommended To Prevent Sexual Abuse In Swimming In 1991

USA Swimming is—once again—being taken to task for its role in failing to prevent and even covering up sexual abuse within the sport. Sexual abuse in swimming was the subject of a 20/20 investigation in 2010, a devastating Outside magazine piece in 2014, then an Orange County Register investigation ...

USA Swimming Safe Sport Director Resigns After Disclosing She Once Kissed Coach Now Accused Of Sexual Abuse

USA Swimming Safe Sport Director Susan Woessner announced her resignation today, citing an instance when she kissed former Olympic swim coach Sean Hutchison in 2007. Woessner led Safe Sport, the program tasked with investigating and addressing potential sexual and physical misconduct in the sport. E...

Report: USA Swimming Ignored Or Covered Up Hundreds Of Cases Of Sexual Abuse

For a period of decades, USA Swimming fostered a “culture of sexual abuse” and ignored or covered up hundreds of cases of underage swimmers being sexually abused, according to a report by the Orange County Register. From the report:...