Archdiocese and School Won’t Say If Abusive Swimming Coach Alex Pussieldi Stayed at the St. Thomas Aquinas High (Fort Lauderdale) Program Beyond 2004 Incident
December 18, 2024In the newest twist of the under-the radar skirmishes in the area of coach sexual abuse in youth sports programs, one of the most outspoken and effective critics of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, its national governing bodies, or NGBs, and the U.S. Center for SafeSport has sued a leading women’s sports advocate for allegedly defaming him and harming his law practice.
The plaintiff, Jonathan Little, asserts that Nancy Hogshead, the 1984 gold-medal swimmer who now heads the advocacy organization Champion Women, was in sync with the harassment of Little by the SafeSport Center. SafeSport spent more than two years investigating a false claim that Little failed to report abuse allegations to the agency, as well as to police.
CONTINUED TODAY AT https://www.salon.com/2025/03/16/leading-abuse-litigator-suing-womens-sports-advocate–its-a-tangled-tale/
