Results of the findings of an independent investigation into scandals of systematic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League were released Monday.
Now, a supporting group of the Portland Thorns and Timbers called 107IST is calling for a sale of the teams. According to the report, the teams’ owner, Merritt Paulson, helped cover up sexual abuse and coercion accounts about Paul Riley, who was fired in September 2021 when they went public.
“As a leadership group, we were lied to,” the statement from 107IST read. “… They said they couldn’t speak freely until the investigation results were public. ‘Wait until the results are in before reaching any conclusions,’ they said. Well, we honored that request. The results are in. And those results are far worse than even the initial reports had indicated.
