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New SafeSport CEO Fitzgerald Mosley wants to fix things quickly, saying 'it's a calling'

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley knows her way around Olympic organizations

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP report on what sources say was Olympic watchdog's failure to close abuse case

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017

The Independent UK

New investigation reveals failings in gymnastics coach abuse case branded ‘Nassar 2.0’

Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about Sean Gardner, who was arrested in August, as far back as 2017

The Independent UK

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Sports body set up to protect gymnasts failed to stop sexual abuse by coach – lawsuit

Complaints about Sean Gardner’s conduct were ignored, two gymnasts claim in lawsuits

The Independent UK

As part of reforms, SafeSport seeks to improve communication on potential for long cases

The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add language to explain to people involved in abuse investigations about the potential for the “long duration” of cases as part of a broad sweep of changes designed to improve communication about what some complain is a confusing, drawn-out process

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

The Independent UK

Girls, parents and gym owner reported concerns about gymnastics coach years before sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

The Independent UK

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Gymnast who sparked abuse inquiry into coach at elite US academy says she 'needed to speak out'

A gymnast whose report of sexual abuse against her former coach led to his arrest and an FBI investigation into potential misconduct at gyms in three states says she’s proud she made a difference

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's reporting on coach accused of abuse at renowned US gymnastics academy

A coach at a center in Iowa that has trained Olympic champions is facing allegations that he abused young female gymnasts and secretly photographed others undressing at a prior job in Mississippi

The Independent UK

Years after abuse reports, ex-coach at renowned US gymnastics academy is arrested by FBI

A coach at a center in Iowa that has trained Olympic champions is facing allegations that he abused young female gymnasts and secretly photographed others undressing at a prior job in Mississippi

The Independent UK

Michael Phelps is right. USA Swimming’s failure runs deeper than medals

Phelps’s broadside against USA Swimming highlights a leadership void, falling medal share and unresolved safeguarding scandals as LA 2028 looms

The Guardian - US

How Congress buried sex-abuse report

Republicans in DC have done nothing on the youth sports crisis — but Democrats have been no better

Salon

Troubled SafeSport Center looks for a new leader and tries to chart a different course

The Associated Press spoke to more than a dozen people familiar with the U.S. Center for SafeSport to gauge the next moves it must take to rebuild trust after the ouster of its CEO last week

The Independent UK

SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator

People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation for sex crimes at his former job but hired him anyway

The Independent UK

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Salon

New legal battle behind sports scandals

Jon Little and Nancy Hogshead both claim they're fighting sexual abuse in sports. So why are they now at war?

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Florida Judge Criticizes U.S. Center For Safesport

Legal ruling accuses U.S. Center for SafeSport of fraud and withholding evidence in a teen water polo case, raising concerns about transparency and due pro...

The Independent UK

Investigator on SafeSport case gets arrested and now a survivor is facing trauma once again

The U.S. Center for SafeSport's recent firing of an investigator who was arrested for sex crimes is having a negative ripple effect for some of the people whose cases he handled

The Independent UK

Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSport’s hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been accused of newer crimes when working there last…

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SafeSport Center adds morals clause, strengthens vetting after ex-investigator's arrests

The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add a morals clause to its code of conduct, and the CEO will start interviewing job candidates herself in the wake of the arrest of a former investigator who was charged with rape and other sex crimes

The Independent UK

SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'

The leader of the U.S. Center for SafeSport wrote in an email that the revelation of a former investigator’s arrest on rape charges was “just sickening,” while also saying there was no reason to believe he’d committed any wrongdoing while working for the center

The Independent UK

Fired US Center for SafeSport investigator arrested again, this time charged with rape

An investigator fired from his job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized at a drug bust has been arrested again

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Safesport Investigator Fired For Theft Raises Concerns

Discover the termination of a SafeSport investigator due to criminal activity and concerns over case handling.

The Independent UK

US sex-abuse watchdog fires investigator after learning of his arrest for stealing drug money

The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he’d been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of during his previous job as a police officer

The Independent UK

Biathlon official apologizes to athletes who have suffered mistreatment

Max Cobb, the secretary general of the International Biathlon Union, apologized to any athlete who was mistreated during his tenure at U.S. Biathlon during a 90-minute meeting focused on concerns about athlete safety brought to light by multiple Associated Press reports

The Independent UK

US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, athletes say

Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team were ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than holding offenders accountable

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