Who else is coached by them?
I don’t believe it. Is he an idiot to send those pictures from his verified Instagram account?
I can't imagine them continuing to train, period. Even if Vanessa herself doesn't terminate the partnership on the spot (which I dearly hope she does), they'd be a scandal every time they set foot on the ice.Fontana and Zimmerman have violated their duties as coaches, surely there will be consequences. I cannot imagine Morgan and Cipres continuing to train in the US.
If USA Today is right about that, Cipres could conceivably try to argue that someone else sent them from his account and/or that they're not pictures of him. But the "I was hacked" defense would not be a very persuasive one.This isn’t an issue of someone’s complaint being taken seriously. There are photos.
If they had just done the right thing when the girl first disclosed abuse then not only the harm done to her and her rinkmate but also the collateral damage to those third parties would have been so much less.
Why on earth would an adult coach try to bribe a 13 year old with pizza to dare her to ask Cipres for photos of his privates?
One could even argue obstruction of justice.Yes, but I think even this is an understatement. They aren’t described as passively not reporting. They’re described as actively deploying psychological pressure (she will be shamed on social media; the French fans will be mad at her) to keep her frightened enough to not say anything herself. And if true, it worked, as the girl refused to say anything to the police.
Why on earth would an adult coach try to bribe a 13 year old with pizza to dare her to ask Cipres for photos of his privates?
This is like some kind of horror show truth or dare. Astonishingly immature and sinister at the same time.
France or Italy may welcome them to coach there, but if you were a parent of a young girl, would you want your child to be coached by them after reading this?Let’s see if SafeSport has any teeth, particularly regarding Zimmerman.
However, even if he was banned in the U.S., France or Italy might welcome Zimmerman and Fontana to coach there.
There really isn't any exculpatory explanation they could give other than "that didn't happen", because they are unquestionably required to report incidents like this.Pressuring a 13 yo not to report an incident is another serious matter that need a convincing explanation.
France or Italy may welcome them to coach there, but if you were a parent of a young girl, would you want your child to be coached by them after reading this?
Don’t people still train with Fajfr? Rational thought does not always prevail.France or Italy may welcome them to coach there, but if you were a parent of a young girl, would you want your child to be coached by them after reading this?
I guess Cipres biggest defence could be that he was tricked into a sinister joke by Dispenza. That he send a dick pick pic to an random number who asked him for nudes without knowing she was a 13 yo girl (and he would have to prove that he did not know and could not know that fact). That defence is the most optimistic scenario for him and could prevent him from facing criminal charges, but he would still look like a dumbass enough for his career to be over.
Pressuring a 13 yo not to report an incident is another serious matter that need a convincing explanation.
If USA Today is right about that, Cipres could conceivably try to argue that someone else sent them from his account and/or that they're not pictures of him. But the "I was hacked" defense would not be a very persuasive one.
The one person not mentioned in all this mess so far is Vanessa James, and I hope she had no part in it whatsoever.
I guess Cipres biggest defence could be that he was tricked into a sinister joke by Dispenza. That he send a dick pick pic to an random number who asked him for nudes without knowing she was a 13 yo girl (and he would have to prove that he did not know and could not know that fact). That defence is the most optimistic scenario for him and could prevent him from facing criminal charges, but he would still look like a dumbass enough for his career to be over.
Pressuring a 13 yo not to report an incident is another serious matter that need a convincing explanation.
I guess Cipres biggest defence could be that he was tricked into a sinister joke by Dispenza. That he send a dick pick pic to an random number who asked him for nudes without knowing she was a 13 yo girl (and he would have to prove that he did not know and could not know that fact). That defence is the most optimistic scenario for him and could prevent him from facing criminal charges, but he would still look like a dumbass enough for his career to be over.
Pressuring a 13 yo not to report an incident is another serious matter that need a convincing explanation.
It would depend on the other person's username, etc. if he could argue that he didn't know who it was.It was Instagram though. Without getting into the very specifics of how to send pics in a private chat in that app, I’ll just say that you can’t not know who is receiving the pic.