USA SWIMMING SETTLES SARAH EHEKIRCHER LAWSUIT – Dispute, Dating Back 39 Years, Was One of the Sport’s Oldest and Most Resonant
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October 16, 2025PREVIOUSLY:
“USA Swimming’s Abusive Culture and Revictimizing Methods Near a Reckoning in the Case of Persistent Whistleblower Sarah Ehekircher,” September 22, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16251
“USA SWIMMING SETTLES SARAH EHEKIRCHER LAWSUIT – Dispute, Dating Back 39 Years, Was One of the Sport’s Oldest and Most Resonant,” October 9, https://concussioninc.net/?p=16257
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MARCH 6, 2018
Sarah Ehekircher, Long-Time Coach, Tells of Her Youth Grooming and Abuse by Scott MacFarland, Her ‘Revictimization’ by USA Swimming’s 2010 Investigation, and Her Sexual Harassment by American Swimming Coaches Association Boss John Leonard, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12656
MARCH 7, 2018
Sarah Ehekircher Describes the American Swimming Coaches Association’s John Leonard As the Boss From Hell — And a Creep and Sex Harasser to Boot, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12666
MARCH 7, 2018
What Sarah Ehekircher Says ASCA’s John Leonard Told Her About His Military Career — And What Leonard Said About It in a 2012 Deposition, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12680
MARCH 8, 2018
USA Swimming Chief Chuck Wielgus’s Email Response to Hearing of Sarah Ehekircher’s Grooming and Abuse by Coach Scott MacFarland: ‘My Gosh … I Am Copying Our Legal Counsel …’, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12692
MARCH 25, 2018
Houston Chronicle to Cover U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Reopening of USA Swimming’s Investigation of Sarah Ehekircher’s Grooming-Abuse Allegations Against Coach James Scott MacFarland, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12775
MARCH 26, 2018
James Scott MacFarland — Accused Groomer-Abuser of Sarah Ehekircher — Is Scrubbed at Houston’s Magnolia Aquatic Club, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12778
MARCH 30, 2018
Houston Chronicle’s Nose Is Growing on ‘Cutting For Space’ Explanation; More Likely It’s Self-Censoring Article on U.S. Center for SafeSport Investigation of Local Coach and Accused Groomer-Abuser James Scott MacFarland, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12802
MAY 29, 2018
U.S. Center for SafeSport Cons Sarah Ehekircher Into Meeting With Its Top Lawyer — Uses Other Despicable Tactics Straight Out of the Old USA Swimming Revictimization Playbook, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12960
JUNE 3, 2018
Turns Out That Sarah Ehekircher Squared Off Against Not One But Two ‘Non-Practicing Lawyers’ — Her U.S. Center for SafeSport ‘Investigator’ As Well As the ‘Director of Legal Affairs’, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12979
JUNE 4, 2018
Sleazy Emails From U.S. Center for SafeSport Expose Con of Sarah Ehekircher Before Meeting With Senior Investigator Kathleen Smith and Director of Legal Affairs Michael Henry, https://concussioninc.net/?p=12984
JULY 19, 2018
U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Con Man Legal Affairs Director, Michael Henry, Has a New Title — ‘Director, Investigations & Outcomes’, https://concussioninc.net/?p=13064
AUGUST 5, 2018
U.S. Center for SafeSport’s PR Person Is a Con Man, Too — Fabricates Conversation ‘On Speaker Phone’ With Concussion Inc., https://concussioninc.net/?p=13122
AUGUST 25, 2020
Sarah Ehekircher in the Guardian: “My swim coach raped me when I was 17. USA Swimming made it disappear.”, https://concussioninc.net/?p=14556
