Keeping Track of Criminal Cases & SafeSport Suspensions in Skating

Sylvia said:
Feb. 8, 2024 article:
www.kktv.com

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.
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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).
 
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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/
 
Sylvia said:
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/
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This was a good but horrifying episode.
 
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):

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):

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

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