Chief says figure skating does not have culture of sexual abuse
by Christine Brennan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...oes-not-have-sexual-abuse-problem/4582959002/
US Figure Skating chief David Raith:
Ashley Wagner calls BS. So does Tai Babilonia.
In the midst of all this, Raith is not wrong that it is a societal problem:
If it were not societal, Callaghan would still be banned for life.
by Christine Brennan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...oes-not-have-sexual-abuse-problem/4582959002/
US Figure Skating chief David Raith:
“We look at it as a societal issue,” he said. “It’s not just us. It’s every sport, it’s other facets of life. We’re doing everything we can to help educate, to help proactively ensure that our small membership in the big world is aware of things they should be looking out for and bad people and things to do right and things to keep everybody safe because it is a topic now that is on everybody’s mind and we accept that. You can never do enough. But we’re trying to do everything we can. For me, the No. 1 thing is that you support survivors and you believe in survivors
Ashley Wagner calls BS. So does Tai Babilonia.
In the midst of all this, Raith is not wrong that it is a societal problem:
“There also has been the continuing case of veteran U.S. coach Richard Callaghan, who led Tara Lipinski to the 1998 Olympic gold medal. After being banned for life in August by SafeSport for the alleged sexual abuse of a male student, beginning when the boy was 14, Callaghan, 73, had his suspension reduced to three years by an arbitrator in December. "
If it were not societal, Callaghan would still be banned for life.
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