If the other couple had still been competing, I'm sure they would have drawn ire from their detractors. Really, all it was and remains is a "moral" justification to hate on/root against Chock & Bates.
A lot of people have a genuine horror of sexual abuse. The anger is true and righteous and doesn't deserve to be mocked as a silly uber pretense.
As a survivor, I have a genuine horror of sexual abuse. Chock & Bates, however, are not accused of sexual abuse.
Huh? How so?
Your post distracts attention from what happened to Sorensen's victim and why people like Fournier-Beaudry, Cizeron. Dubreuil, and Lauzon have been either standing up for him or at least letting continue to coach during periods when he is not under suspension. Neither Chock nor Bates has done anything of the sort, yet they have drawn more criticism on FSU than the people who run IAM.
IAM has gotten major criticism all over the internet and this thread. The wedding attendance has been a blip in comparison.
Find the posters criticizing Chock and Bates and then see which of those posters have also posted about Lauzon and Dubreuil's personal involvement in letting Sorensen on the premises. Even better, look for the ones criticizing Jamal Othman, whose job description requires him to take action against coaches and skaters accused of sexual abuse.
Moving the goalposts.
And I stand by my position that there are a lot of people (not necessarily on FSU but in the FS fandom in general) who are absolutely using feigned moral outrage toward Chock & Bates having Nik Sorensen at their wedding as a justification to cheer against them rather than just owning the fact that they don't LIKE Chock & Bates' skating in general & want them to lose to other teams. As another poster pointed out, Kristen Moore-Towers & Liam Firus also invited Nik & Lolo to their wedding and yet they have encountered very little criticism despite the fact that Kristen has gone into broadcasting and coaching now. There is a double standard being applied which does NOTHING to move forward any discussion about sexual assault or power dynamics within the sport.
I think most people don’t keep track of who posts what about whom, which would require a lot of work.
This is the post that dragged C/B into the conversation. Doesn’t look like a neutral post to me. Just saying.
open.substack.com
"BREAKING: Raimo Reinsalu (Latvian coach accused of physical and emotional abuse of athletes) has had his Olympic credentials revoked. It seems that Lithuanian OC took action after consulting the ISU." https://x.com/choreosequence/status/2020436922288816485
"The Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, having received a negative conclusion from the International Skating Union, is suspending the accreditation of figure skating coach Raimas Reinsalu [coach of Meda Variakojyte (LTU)]."
Fedir Kulish (LAT) "is officially coached by [Reinsalu's wife, Olga] Kovalkova who (as far as I know) is still accredited (she is with Latvian OC). Meda will be accompanied by the Lithuanian sport director. It’s hard on them that this happened now." https://x.com/choreosequence/status/2020530115256488259
Anna Kellar will have a story for AnythingGOE later today. ETA link to part 4 of her article series on this topic:
Latvian police investigating allegations of abuse by coaches
Latvian police have opened an investigation into coaches Raimo Reinsalu and Olga Kovalkova for allegations of emotional, and in Reinsalu’s case, physical abuse of minors.anythinggoe.com
