Keeping Track of Criminal Cases & SafeSport Suspensions in Skating

[HB1220]

Looks like Tyler Myles has lost his case, and Ontario court has upheld his ban.

Per Lori Ward's X posting.

https://x.com/i/status/2042289059700134046

update to the Tyler Myles case from Lori Ward https://brokenice.substack.com/p/court-rules-safe-sport-code-can-apply

 

[Wyliefan]

The survivor in the Sorensen case has come forward publicly. Lori Ward has an on-camera interview with her. It's paid subscribers only, so I've seen only the first six minutes.

Exclusive: The Survivor in the Nikolaj Sørensen Case Speaks Publicly for the First Time

She says she is ready to “put a face and name to the story” — and hopes to push for change in the sport.

open.substack.com

One of the reasons she's speaking publicly now, she says, was the dismissive way that F-B/C spoke about her.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

The survivor in the Sorensen case has come forward publicly. Lori Ward has an on-camera interview with her. It's paid subscribers only, so I've seen only the first six minutes.

Exclusive: The Survivor in the Nikolaj Sørensen Case Speaks Publicly for the First Time

She says she is ready to “put a face and name to the story” — and hopes to push for change in the sport.

open.substack.com

One of the reasons she's speaking publicly now, she says, was the dismissive way that F-B/C spoke about her.

I opted to become a paid subscriber to listen to the whole interview - it's about 35 minutes long. It's a difficult but powerful listen and she's incredibly brave for making her name public. She's trying to start a foundation to help other abuse survivors. Here's a link to the fundraiser.

 

[HB1220]

I also got a paid subscription. It's only $5 for a month or $36 for the year. It was worth it to watch the whole interview and support Lori Ward for her work. She's done so many good stories in figure skating already.
Like Former Lurve Goddess said, it's a powerful listen. She goes into exactly what happened the night of her assault and talks about the culture of silence in skating and why she thought coming forward would get her blacklisted in the sport.
Sending strength to her today!

 

[BittyBug]

It's a difficult but powerful listen and she's incredibly brave for making her name public.

I agree that she is incredibly brave for speaking out, although it’s sad that our society and sport are such that bravery is required to report assault. I also found her to appear highly credible and the circumstances under which the assault took place appear to leave no room for disagreement about consent. I hope she is able to heal and that her actions lead to meaningful changes for victims.

 

[kosjenka]

Several people here have been very vocal about this case, and I would strongly encourage all of you to subscribe to this Substack for 5 USD to hear the full conversation with Ashley Foy. It might help you understand why I believe organizations like SafeSport and OSIC have failed survivors and basically enabled someone like Sorensen to get away without consequences long-term.


She describes the investigation as a grueling, multi-year process that produced thousands of pages of documentation and took a massive toll on her life, including her job and her family. Even after all that, she expressed total frustration over the lack of clarity regarding basic processes and jurisdiction!! She asked a vital question that we should all consider: why would an organization put someone who has already been through so much trauma through nearly three years of investigations and tribunals if they didn't even have their jurisdiction figured out?

As she said, it simply is not acceptable. These organizations need to be either built on a proper legal foundation or abolished entirely and replaced with something that actually provides accountability. We cannot keep supporting a system that puts survivors through years of re-traumatization only to have the results overturned on technicalities they should have settled on day one.

 

[kwanfan1818]

The jurisdictional issue is being re-evaluated, as the original decision about jurisdiction is being questioned.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

While I generally avoid looking at X/Twitter these days, Christine Brennan has posted this from the survivor. An excerpt: "I never planned to come forward out of shame. But my childhood friend Bridget Namiotka lost her life after being bullied for coming forward. My friend Gabi Papadakis lost her job after coming forward. This needs to end."

 

[Debbie S]

If she and Gabi are friends, then it's not surprising that Gabi was so insistent on not sharing practice ice with Sorensen. To which her coaches and Guillaume basically said, 'too bad, deal with it' and then essentially dumped her.

 

[jmtfti]

I actually had started following Ashley's Just Ice No Abuse account on Instagram last year when she had started it, of course having no idea of her direct connection to the Sorensen case. Very glad she feels in the right place now to come forward with her identity.

Interestingly, Gabi has done a seminar with her school: https://www.instagram.com/p/C99yh8jIWGG/

 

[IHH0628]

If she and Gabi are friends, then it's not surprising that Gabi was so insistent on not sharing practice ice with Sorensen. To which her coaches and Guillaume basically said, 'too bad, deal with it' and then essentially dumped her.

We try and leave our small town every time our child's abuser visits. Most certainly wouldn't want to ever risk any of our family members or any vulnerable young skaters being in the same building as him.

 

[MacMadame]

The jurisdictional issue is being re-evaluated, as the original decision about jurisdiction is being questioned.

But we all knew jurisdiction was going to be an issue from day one. So TPTB should have crossed their ts and dotted their is including consulting with a lawyer about what the best jurisdiction would be. Maybe they did but it doesn't seem that way.

Also, this isn't the first time that jurisdiction has been a problem. This means the system is not set up properly. It assumes that sports are national but Olympics sports are definitely international. People live in one country and have citizenship and/or membership with another all the time. The system needs to be designed to handle that and it clearly isn't.

 

[Wyliefan]

I actually had started following Ashley's Just Ice No Abuse account on Instagram last year when she had started it, of course having no idea of her direct connection to the Sorensen case. Very glad she feels in the right place now to come forward with her identity.

She's got a Substack of her own, too: https://justicenoabuse.substack.com/

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Former U.S. ice dancer comes forward in Nikolaj Sørensen sexual assault case — USA TODAY

The ongoing sexual assault case against Canadian ice dancer Nikolaj Sorensen has new information as a former U.S. ice dancer has come forward.

apple.news

 

[Badams]

I always hate it when this thread is bumped up. It's never good news. I'm proud of Ashley Foy for coming forward. I have nothing nice to say about the events that have unfolded since she reported.