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[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Feb. 8, 2024 article:

New victim comes forward after federal lawsuit filed against former Olympian and U.S. Figure Skating

A federal lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of two South Carolina women who were allegedly sexually abused by their coach, a former Olympian.

www.kktv.com

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[TanithandBenFan]

This poster on X who last year shared her story of assault by a North American skater has now filed an official report.

https://x.com/thescytheisdull/status/1755379428341735755?s=20

 

[overedge]

Feb. 8, 2024 article:

New victim comes forward after federal lawsuit filed against former Olympian and U.S. Figure Skating

A federal lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of two South Carolina women who were allegedly sexually abused by their coach, a former Olympian.

www.kktv.com

The story that @Sylvia has linked contains the entire legal document that was filed by the first two complainants.
TW that the document contains descriptions of SA and other forms of abuse.

Among other things, the document alleges that USFS knew about previous incidents involving Cockerell and inappropriate conduct with minors, before these incidents happened. And it points out that Cockerell was in a position at this rink where he was responsible for ensuring skaters' safety and for the behaviour of other coaches (implying, I guess, that if he was allegedly an abuser himself, he wouldn't be fulfilling those other responsibilities very well).

 

[IHH0628]

This poster on X who last year shared her story of assault by a North American skater has now filed an official report.

https://x.com/thescytheisdull/status/1755379428341735755?s=20

I hadn't seen the original post before. Wow. Chilling.

 

[platniumangel]

Does that make it 2 or 3 victims that came forward?

 

[overedge]

Does that make it 2 or 3 victims that came forward?

I think it's three. Two that filed the original complaint, and now the third mentioned in the story today - the story that revealed Cockerell's name.

 

[katmari]

Lawsuit accuses figure skating coach of sexually assaulting minor in Darien

DARIEN, Ill. — A lawsuit filed in Cook County is detailing allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate touching by a figure skating coach over a two-year span in southwest suburban Darien. The …

wgntv.com

 

[bladesofgorey]

Lawsuit accuses figure skating coach of sexually assaulting minor in Darien

DARIEN, Ill. — A lawsuit filed in Cook County is detailing allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate touching by a figure skating coach over a two-year span in southwest suburban Darien. The …

wgntv.com

More details: https://hoodline.com/2024/02/suburb...or-organizations-sued-for-failing-to-protect/

 

[nlloyd]

Also see Judge Three's X account (i.e Twitter): https://twitter.com/JudgeThree/status/1757900617274569104

 

[Sylvia]

Randy Hood is "currently representing four skaters and two parents who are suing Mark Cockerell and U.S. Figure Skating. [Dave Lease] interviews him about the cases, Safe Sport, statutes of limitation and the differences in civil and criminal litigation for these actions." (TSL, Feb. 25, 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xI9i_zBzbg

Hood’s law firm has a Contact page for potential victims of Mark Cockerell here: https://www.mcgowanhood.com/figure-skating-coach/

 

[dewey]

Randy Hood is "currently representing four skaters and two parents who are suing Mark Cockerell and U.S. Figure Skating. [Dave Lease] interviews him about the cases, Safe Sport, statutes of limitation and the differences in civil and criminal litigation for these actions." (TSL, Feb. 25, 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xI9i_zBzbg

Hood’s law firm has a Contact page for potential victims of Mark Cockerell here: https://www.mcgowanhood.com/figure-skating-coach/

This was a good but horrifying episode.

 

[Lynn226]

A Congress appointed committee presented findings after an investigation into abusive practices in sports. One of the recommendations is to make SafeSport independent from sport governing bodies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/03/01/olympic-youth-sports-congress-report/

 

[B.Cooper]

The commission's final report (in full) was released this morning:

Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics & Paralympics

www.csusop.org

There were ten areas of focus, with athlete safety being first and foremost
and that section of the report begins on page 9 of the full report.
Quite a bit of information to read through and to summarize.

 

[overedge]

Dalilah Sappenfield's "temporary restrictions" have now been in place since September 2021.

Even with SafeSport being understaffed and this case apparently involving multiple complainants, that's....a long time.

 

[Wyliefan]

In the Loop reports on F-B/S's comments at Worlds Media Day in Montreal (in a nutshell, it's been difficult, she still supports him, they feel they deserve to be at Worlds):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765424101982707761

Also on Gilles/Poirier's comments re: the SafeSport investigation (investigation is good, they hope for justice for the victim, they want a safe sport):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765425095177035912

ETA: Here's the new, grammatically cleaned-up version of the Gilles/Poirier tweet:

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765428693873098839?t=NIminQbL4RFcP5cLadOVXA&s=19

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

In the Loop reports on F-B/S's comments at Worlds Media Day in Montreal (in a nutshell, it's been difficult, she still supports him, they feel they deserve to be at Worlds):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765424101982707761

Also on Gilles/Poirier's comments re: the SafeSport investigation (investigation is good, they hope for justice for the victim, they want a safe sport):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765425095177035912

Is there a “well, this is awkward” emoji?

 

[Rukia]

Is there a “well, this is awkward” emoji?

? is probably the best we can do lol

 

[MacMadame]

Is there a “well, this is awkward” emoji?

The tweet doesn't seem to be there anymore.

 

[Aceon6]

? is probably the best we can do lol

@On My Own had the Chinese one with the lips flanked by the wide eyes.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

The tweet doesn't seem to be there anymore.

 

[Wyliefan]

The tweet doesn't seem to be there anymore.

I think they took the G/P tweet down because it was a little garbled. Here's the new version: https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765428693873098839?t=NIminQbL4RFcP5cLadOVXA&s=19

And here's Zak Lagha's answer to the same question.

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765431781174469065?t=ab_ivPuDtSQpgggTyh0NLA&s=19

 

[escaflowne9282]

Err, SafeSport? Isn't this OSIC??

 

[Wyliefan]

I don't know -- apparently the questioner said "SafeSport." Maybe that's the colloquial term for OSIC?

A bit more on the topic from Lajoie and Lagha (this tweet plus the two under it):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765439324873461858

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

It must be OSIC, which is apparently despised by many Canadian survivors.

I don't know -- apparently the questioner said "SafeSport." Maybe that's the colloquial term for OSIC?

A bit more on the topic from Lajoie and Lagha (this tweet plus the two under it):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765439324873461858

 

[Tangoer]

It must be OSIC, which is apparently despised by many Canadian survivors.

Why is it despised by Canadian survivors? :-(

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Why is it despised by Canadian survivors? :-(

For one thing they accept very few cases, claiming they are "outside of their jurisdiction." The women behind Gymnasts for Change Canada frequently post about how terrible OSIC is.

 

[marbri]

I don't know -- apparently the questioner said "SafeSport." Maybe that's the colloquial term for OSIC?

A bit more on the topic from Lajoie and Lagha (this tweet plus the two under it):

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1765439324873461858

This account is not doing a great job presenting these quotes in a coherent manner. On a topic like that maybe be a bit more precise.

 

[Wyliefan]

Press conferences happen quickly and there's a lot to take down. I'm sure they did the best they could. And if they were writing an article, I'm sure it would be more polished.

 

[victorskid]

The CBC Sports article on the CDN ice dancers preparing for Worlds: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...anada-world-championships-soerensen-1.7135643

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Does anybody know what this X Post/Tweet about Skate Canada and "Skate Safe" is about?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765413690432749682