The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the national governing body for snowboarding and the former national team snowboard coach conspired to engage in sex trafficking, three former national team snowboarders claimed in a lawsuit
A young badminton player told a friend she was forced by her coach to have sex. Nine years later, the investigation into the allegation has raised new questions about athlete safety.
Fletcher was 19 when she completed her first national team training camp. On the final night, she said, coaches and athletes of both sexes shared one hotel room, with Fletcher among three women in one bed. On another occasion, she said, Foley pinned snowboard teammate Erin O’Malley against the wall of the hotel elevator in which all three were riding, then followed the women into their room. O’Malley hid under a bed until Foley finally left.Simone Biles and Aly Raisman are lashing back at a proposed $215-million settlement that would go to victims in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
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