In 2019, a 300-page dossier compiled by Hopkins about Shaws alleged abuse circulated to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Mountain West Conference, raising more concerns regarding Shaw and the original 2009 investigation, according to the SJSU fact page. Here is Tim Joyce's originalstory, removed twice by WBAL in Baltimore. 2023 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. The Department of Justice said in its report that there are potentially many more. Shaw, who has declined to talk to the media and is under criminal investigation by the FBI, resigned in August 2020. I give USA Swimming credit for not discriminating between a large or small clubthe organization seems to ignore complaints from all concerned. Shaw was first accused in December 2009 of touching female athletes breasts and their bikini line when treating injuries, the university said on a fact page about the controversy. Actually, NBAC is the one who did everything right, not USA Swimming. Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. Swimmers interviewed described an unhealthy culture of thinness and disordered eating in an event that inevitably foments tension between art and sport. As his team competed against University of Nevada, Reno at the Spartans new aquatics complex on campus, Hopkins stood in his blue ball cap and shorts and, with a stopwatch in hand, cheered them on to the finish. WebIt has come to our attention that a local AM radio station has been broadcasting unfounded accusations about USA Swimming's handling of a complaint to our Safe Sport team WebCompetitive swimming in the U.S. has been scandal-ridden in recent years, with sexual-abuse prosecutions of coaches and civil lawsuits against USA Swimming prompting As for Muchnick's purported larger goal-exposing misdeeds among the swimming world's powerful-McKenna says, "more power to anybody who wants to work to uncover something that is really horrible, but this isn't. Five hundred is even more," he told correspondent Brian Ross. Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). What happened the other 36 years he was a coach? He always has your best interests at heart, she said. Gloushkov Leventhal called competing in the Olympics a golden dream., Hungarian artistic swimming federations meeting minutes, Female college athletes are making millions. Spoons, scissors and other metal objects used as tapping devices for swimmers to hear underwater are sometimes thrown at athletes by upset coaches. Some told of being pushed into uncomfortable stretching positions, like splits, until they cried. In some cases, the swimming coaches found to have been sexual predators were able to move from town to town, one step ahead of police and angry victims and their parents. Olympic body under fire; 36 coaches banned for sexual misconduct with teens. WebNot everyone at last weekend's NCAA women's swimming championship raced against Lia Thomas -- but they were all overshadowed by him. Not one phone call or email was sent to the alleged victim who came forward. Pedro Pardo/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. USA Swimming said they had no ability to investigate a former NBAC coach for allegations of sexual abuse, because the offense happened in 1975. A t this years NCAA swimming championships, organizers allowed a biological male, Lia Thomas, to compete against female athletes on the basis of transgender status. The dossier prompted then-SJSU President Mary Papazian to initiate an external investigation into Shaws behavior and SJSUs handling of the initial probe in 2009. Now is not the time, Tuite said. Tuite will serve as the schools deputy athletic director of external relations. According to other sources with direct knowledge of this story, the police were in fact called and that USA Swimming was indeed made aware of this complaint. She held that position until she stepped down in May 2021 after a string of investigations into sexual abuse by one of the universitys athletics trainers. During our annual convention, USA Swimming released a Safe Sport Report evaluating our efforts in this important area. WebOn Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed in Montreal by five former elite swimmers, accusing Canada Artistic Swimming, the national governing body, of failing to provide a safe environment I am pleased to be joining Irv Muchnick in reporting and commentary on the multitudinous USA Swimming scandals. Indeed, as my queries into the history of past and present abuse continued, I realized that this story is perhaps too big for just one concerned journalist to investigate. The highest penalty USA Swimming can invoke is the permanent suspension of membership. This isnt about me, said Hopkins, a two-time conference coach of the year, standing poolside after the teams first meet of the season. After all, were talking about sports here a trivial pursuit in relation to the societal issue of child sex abuse. The attorney for the club, Steve Allen, spoke for Cadigan and the club, stating, for privacy reasons we do not make any comment about former and present employees and coaches, period.. ", Muchnick's lawyer, Laurie Babinski, puts a positive spin on the lawsuit's outcome, saying in an emailed statement, "We are glad to have reached a settlement that protects Mr. Muchnick's First Amendment rights to report on important matters of public concern involving USA Swimming and its most prominent local organization, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Alice Ciobanu, a 19-year-old sophomore swimmer, agreed. After I broke the story of past sexual impropriety, involving multiple victims at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC), Irv proceeded to uncover other episodes of abuse and negligence at NBAC the countrys most famous swim club that will surely become even more disturbing as more details emerge. The coach, Kiss said, separated some members of her training group into what she called the Chubby Team, sometimes withheld dinner from them and told them, You disgust me, and Im nauseous looking at you, when the swimmers exited the pool after workouts. This is an ugly situation. * Last year two students at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills were quietly expelled on computer theft charges. As the swimmers left, there was one more thing. The National Board of Review has the authority to rule on the membership status of the accused individual. Bowman, Phelps' coach, is the CEO of NBAC. Hey big guy, do you know how those work? Many times then, I could have collapsed, but I could tell from the look on her face that it didnt matter to her at all, Alonso Garca said of her coach. Ah, its the armchair-quarterback lawyer! NBAC acted perfectly. North Baltimore Aquatic Club head coach Paul Yetter, coach of one of the best 400 IMers in history, runs the math on his rule of thumb for event potential. The skewers can stab if the legs are not kept straight while rehearsing routines. Police later documented at least 15 victims among the teenage girl swimmers he coached over the years, including a woman who said she had an abortion after King got her pregnant at the age of 14. For an annual fee he could come right back and no one could stop him. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Concussion Inc. has reported that Hall of Fame swimming coach Murray Stephens is back as the operator of the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, home of Michael Phelps original base, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, after having disappeared as the face of the center in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct. Calls made to Cadigan for comment on this article were not returned. ': A magical hike's dark side, If travel planning gives you a headache, try these apps. "I don't think we're perfect. As the parent of 2 female USA swimmers, I can say that I feel he is our best hope for inciting true change AND accountability within the highest levels of USA swimming. Still, another one of Hindson's victims, Sarah Rutkowski, now 21, said there are many questions left unanswered. Hey, do you? Research published as a graduate thesis at U.C.L.A. And lest anyone at USA Swimming headquarters in Colorado Springs or at any of the member clubs around the country get the wrong impression, this site is dedicated to covering every story related to the USA Swimming scandal, not just at NBAC. by Alison Williams, 31, a former elite artistic swimmer, indicated that nearly two-thirds of American national team members between the 1990s and 2019 who responded to her survey had been professionally diagnosed or self-diagnosed with depression. These allegations resulted in the coach's resignation, the club taking unprecedented action, and USA Swimming seemingly taking steps to protect the coach. Accused coaches often move from country to country with little or no consequences. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? And if you have, what are you feelings about Stephens? Looking for a job in swimming! Ron DeSantis apocalyptic attack on higher education, Teacher at California high school arrested after recording devices found in restroom, days after the federal report was released. I will continue to fully cooperate with any and all investigations. Its all about them as usual. That last prohibition targets Muchnick's references in his posts to juvenile-agency and police records about the incident, to which he should not have had access since they involved minors. (The letter, addressed to parents and friends of NBAC, went into some detail about how complaints within the program are handled, as it was originally geared toward that audience, as compared to the audience that has been closely following the story through the news and would already be familiar with many of the concepts. WebNBAC sent just one swimmer to the U.S. Olympic trials this year, and the clubs athletes no longer train at the Meadowbrook Swim Club in Mount Washington, where Phelps and all Club LSC Points. Its a Fitting Capper to Wide Official Cover-Up in the Ted Agu Football Conditioning Death at Cal. You are a twit. This is about the dozens of survivors of Scott Shaw and having the right thing done for them.. Julia Prodis Sulek is a Bay Area News Group reporter who specializes in breaking news and narrative storytelling for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. As far as people saying, enough is enough, you should understand that unfortunately in a country this large with the freedoms it has and an organization as large as USA Swimming sexually harassment cases are going to happen. when he started training at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club at the Meadowbrook Aquatic and As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. She retired last summer because she found the training atmosphere unbearable. THE fast swimming continued at Maryland States Friday night as NBAC took control of the meet with numerous top finishes. Synchro taught me that I could never be enough, to hate my body and that my sanity was less important than my performance, she wrote. Because USA Swimming (and therefore its Code of Conduct) was not in existence in 1975, the organization legally had no recourse in the matter. Just as in the cases Ive uncovered at much smaller clubs in the Midwest and Alaska, and at major swim center likes FAST in Fullerton, California, USA Swimming chose to ignore the charges. Ken Stopkotte, named Indiana High School Boys Swimming and Diving State Coach of the year for 2009, said the problem is pervasive and has been going on his entire 27 years in coaching. NBAC is the literal and symbolic home of United States Swimming athletes. Additionally, the club at the time wasand currently isco-owned by Phelps and his coach Bob Bowman (Bowman is currently taking a leave from coaching to work with TSE, a powerful consulting firm that was profiled in an earlier article in this series). Before joining the Mercury News, she worked for The Associated Press in Cheyenne, Detroit and Dallas. Yes, there are not statutes on limitations FROM WHEN THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED. Congress is looking into more alleged sexual assault of Olympic athletes beyond gymnastics this time involving USA Swimming and other sports. Spada, of the United States, said that at age 13, she was once pushed down so hard by a coach that she needed hip surgery. Apr. Turns out this might be a lie as well. WebIn a series of jarring allegations from several sources, it has been discovered that a former high-level coach with close ties to the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) - home to Michael Phelps and other Olympians - was accused of molestation and other inappropriate behavior towards some of his female swimmers while he was coaching elite 24 April 2015, 10:00am. She is also a Bay Area native. He gathered his women athletes next to the pool and broke the news: The athletic trainer that the swimmers had accused of sexually abusing them during physical therapy sessions, he told them, had been cleared by the university. Note: The NCAA college comparisons are provided for entertainment Here are just a few questions the beholden media should ask Mr. Phelps, who also happens to be the co-owner of NBAC: Are you aware of why founder Murray Stephens resigned form NBAC? ': A magical hike's dark side. Papazian had taken over the school in 2016. She was first hired as the deputy athletic director, a role she occupied until May 2017, when she became athletic director. They investigated and passed it on the police, and the coach lost his membership. Ask Rick Curl for starters. Glez said swimmers needed to look like a model to compete at an elite level. The abuse was alleged to have taken place in 1975, when swimming was governed by the AAU. "He may have been a good coach, but his goal with these girls ultimately was to molest them," said prosecutor Mendoza. After the Canadian scandal erupted last fall, media reports emerged in Slovakia that described similar complaints there often ignored by swimming officials about Szauders coaching methods. She got her start at The Mercury News, her hometown paper, and has covered everything from plane crashes to presidential campaigns, murder trials to NBA Finals and nearly every major wildfire in Northern California for the past decade. Miss Manners: I shouldn't call because the phone scares people? Im under no illusion that Phelps or his coach, Bob Bowman (now in the employ of a very powerful Olympic consulting group, TSE) will be forced to answer such questions in the immediate future. Bloomingdales: Former employee at Valley Fair mall claims she was forced to delete co-workers request for nude photos "It was willfully incomplete," said Bob Allard, a lawyer for families now suing USA Swimming. "It was a sense of betrayal," Indiana swimming star Brooke Taflinger told ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for a report to be broadcast Friday on "20/20.". Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott. At least NBAC handled their business. Wheres the smoking gun? with the subject line, "Scandals at Michael Phelps' North Baltimore Aquatic Club." Although this crop of swimmers had never been treated by Shaw the swim coach wouldnt allow that they understood the magnitude of what Hopkins had done for the athletes that came before them. Tuite herself was directly named in three wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuits, including one filed by Hopkins in April 2021, in which she was accused of ignoring reports of continued sexual misconduct in the athletic department and retaliating against whistleblowers, the Mercury News reported. "That's really disturbing to me, not knowing where those videos are.". Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! Artistic swimming was introduced to the Olympics in 1984, and Russians have dominated, winning every team and duet competition since 2000. USA Swimming put in place a comprehensive Safe Sport program, which is among the strongest in youth sports. WebProfile: How Michael Phelps put scandal behind him to become an Olympic legend. Reached for comment Wednesday, Tuite told SFGATE that she is focused on her new role. They ascend to the elite level as teenagers and say they often feel powerless approaching officials, who can seem more concerned with results than with protecting athletes. Otherwise this person can sue for infringing upon his rights. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. Swimming is a fun, healthy activity that provides a positive, valuable life experience for its participants. The lawsuit was filed by "John Doe" because the plaintiff-one of the team members, who Muchnick cast as one of the two perpetrators of the alleged assault-was a minor. Muchnick's initial coverage of the incident began on Dec. 21, 2012, with a post headlined: "Teen was sexually assaulted by teammates at Michael Phelps' North Baltimore Aquatic Club." Is it not due diligence that USA swimming, with their Safe Sport program, delve further into this accusation? Anyone can read what you share. Our program consists of efforts in six core areas: USA Swimming is proud of its proactive approach to abuse prevention and continually strives to be the leader in Safe Sport in the Olympic movement. Ill put it right out there. As to USAS, ugh. In what has tragically been the standard operating procedure of USA Swimming, there was no follow-up investigation from Colorado Springs. The new investigation reversed the outcome of the first, concluding that Shaws pressure point therapy was bogus and that he had, indeed, sexually abused 10 female athletes. Now that this cancer-like scandal has spread to the most important swim club in the country, will there be calls for the entire leadership of Colorado How could something be gotten so wrong? Hopkins said the young athletes asked him. There was outrage, disbelief, tears, and fear, said Hopkins, the fear of just what could happen next, what possibly could happen next.. But Muchnick and I are determined to see the task through on the ugly stories behind the successes of our national swimming program. ", He added, "I think it's unfair for you to ask me whether individually or me as the representative of an organization to apologize for something when all we are trying to do is everything we possibly can to create a safe and healthy environment for kids who are participating in our particular activity. During that time more victims came forward, one as recently as February 2020. While I will accept a significant degree of credit for reporting on this story for a bit longer than Irv, the fact is that his tenacious and accurate reporting particularly over the last five months has been nothing short of remarkable. Thankfully, people such as the DOJ, the FBI and some other investigative agencies jumped into the matter and properly looked into it, Hopkins said. Rule 304.3.7(ii) addresses any other adult participating in any capacity (whether such adult is a member or not) with regards to sexual conduct. Summer McIntosh is the defending World Champion in the 200 fly, but hasnt swum the race in long course since winning that title last summer. The lawsuit which seeks class-action status and financial compensation for moral damages reflects an attempt to clean up a sport seeking to change its image after coaches were accused of mistreating athletes in Spain, Mexico, the United States and other countries. The federal report also supported Hopkins claims, made in a lawsuit against the university, that campus officials, especially Tuite from the athletic department, retaliated against him for his outspoken efforts. Swimming Coach Accused Of Molestation At North Baltimore Aquatic Club. For hundreds of girls who'd worked 2020 Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick. A hundred is even more. USA Swimming employs a Safe Sport staff at our national headquarters in Colorado Springs, and the staff members are here to help answer questions, execute programming and accept reports. This is not true. All the while, the vast majority, under USA Swimming. Szauder also did not respond to previous attempts to reach him. But elite synchronized swimmers who are mostly women, with few men at the elite level routinely endure bullying, harassment and psychological abuse from male and female coaches, more than 100 current and former athletes from more than a dozen countries have said in recent interviews with The New York Times and other news organizations, and in social media postings and blogs. ", NBAC's attorney, Frank Morgan, declined to comment for this article or about Muchnick's allegations of unaddressed problems at NBAC. But even that investigation was pilloried by the Department of Justice, especially when it was revealed that Shaw continued to treat female athletes while the second investigation was underway, despite yet another admonition not to do so. This is a strange story because of the fact that it is not USA Swimmings jurisdiction to get involved other than to pass it on to the police. He can be reached at [emailprotected]. On Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed in Montreal by five former elite swimmers, accusing Canada Artistic Swimming, the national governing body, of failing to provide a safe environment and of neglecting abusive behavior by Szauder and previous coaches. According to USA Swimming, that they had no legal recourse because they didnt exist in 1975. It was a spring afternoon in 2010. * Jill Chasson, chair of the USA Swimming National Board of Review, which hears sexual misconduct allegations, recently resigned after I reported that, as NBAC Olympic swimmer Jill Johnson, she had had an underage relationship with her coach John Cadigan, now Bowmans chief assistant. Aside from his life on the InterWet, . * After reporting that a coach at NBAC had been so accused, the Baltimore Sun failed to add that Baltimore County police claimed to me to have lost a report on all this by USA Swimming. Note: Award-winning columnist Tim Joyce provided exclusive coverage of the USA Swimming scandal to WBAL. . In a statement on Sept. 21, 2021, announcing its findings, the DOJ stated it had concluded that SJSU failed to respond adequately for more than a decade to reports of sexual harassment and that the university retaliated against two employees who had alerted officials. The rules seem to be flexible. Brisson and Team Canada performed during a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hindson was sentenced in 2008 to 33 years in federal prison. Background checks are not uniform across countries, officials say. "I'd really like to know how he did it and where the videos have ended up, if they're on the internet or if he put them through Limewire or if they were just sitting around for his personal use," Rutkowski, who is believed to have been 12 or 13 when she was taped, told ABC News. Kiss, the Hungarian swimmer who was coached by Szauder during her teenage years, said she experienced none of the behavior that Canadian swimmers have alleged. At North Baltimore Aquatic Club, Coach Himes oversees approximately 140 swimmers who are 13 and younger and directly coaches two of the seven groups in the NBAC Age Group Division. As I said in yesterdays post, Baltimores City Paper published a rather pointless, painting-by-numbers story on the Doe v. Muchnick lawsuit settlement. After personally interviewing unimpeachable sources who corroborated the information Tim wrote, the decision was made to return the story to the web with absolutely no changes. Will it finally trigger the kind of federal investigation that has long been warranted? Analysis of the autopsy report aligns with accounts that Lowenthal was not pulled from the water until many minutes after he was stricken. USA Swimming does extensive background checks (covering federal, state and county records) on coaches and has added a background check requirement for all non-athlete members. San Jose firefighter claims sexual abuse, racism, swastikas drove her out Additionally, when the complaint involves abuse of a minor, USA Swimming reports that information to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. Last fall, he was accused by five swimmers of making sexist remarks, weight-shaming athletes and committing other troubling behavior. An Instagram account created for Canadian swimmers to anonymously share their concerns and experiences has more than 50 responses. Greensboro YMCAsReina Liu stole the show by resetting three LSC records and launching up the all-time rankings in the girls 11-12 age group. Regardless, we believe strongly in our responsibility to provide responsible communication on this issue, so we developed the Q&A below to answer questions you may have about this situation. "He had almost every conceivable sex act," he said. In 2018, Hopkins submitted a nearly 300-page dossier of those emails and other documents to the campus Title IX office. He was one of the only adults who stood up for us when there were a lot of other adults that should have been standing up as well, but were not and enabled this to happen, said Shelby Mullendore, a 21-year-old senior swimmer. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); What is most concerning is the accused coach of alleged sexual abuse did not leave NBAC until 2011. The students were two of several who also swim, or used to swim, at NBAC and were at the center of the clique of bullies and harassers of the alleged victim in the February 2012 incident underlying the lawsuit against me. But when Muchnick started publishing posts about it in December-about 10 months after it occurred-and as he continued to do so in the subsequent months, his reporting morphed the incident into something sensational and alarming. The only thing USA Swimming has a legal right to do is not allow this person to be a USA Swimming member if and only if he is convicted. Anastasia Gloushkov Leventhal, 35, competed in four Olympics for Israel. All the athletes have experienced some level of emotional abuse, Williams wrote. Marie Tuite, former San Jose State athletic director and current deputy director for external relations at Southern Utah University. "I gotta tell you, it hurt," Brooke's father, Bruce Taflinger, told "20/20." Founded On July 19, after a settlement agreement between the parties had been reached, the lawsuit was dismissed. Joyce reports that the victim reported the activities to her club in October of 2011, at which time the impeccably-managed club seems to have taken every appropriate action: they immediately relieved the coach of his duties, they reported him to the police, and they reported him to USA Swimming. 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