USA Swimming Convention OK’s Coach-Athlete Sex – And Media Rubber-Stamp USA Swimming
September 17, 2012Rick Curl and Mark Schubert Cases Lead Parents and Media to Trough of USA Swimming Sex Abuse and Cover-Up. Will They Take a Sip?
September 17, 2012
“All Fall Down — Dramatic New Court Case Likely to Cause Domino Effect at USA Swimming”
Tim Joyce, WBAL Radio
http://www.wbal.com/article/94025/12/template-story/All-Fall-Down
In a blockbuster lawsuit being filed Monday morning in California Superior Court in Orange County, legendary Hall of Fame swim coach Mark Schubert is accused of wrongful termination of his former employee, Dia Rianda, in July of this year. The claim states that Schubert fired Rianda because of her persistence with alerting Schubert of continued inappropriate behavior by William Jewell, Schubert’s friend and assistant at the Golden West Swim Club (GWSC).
Additionally, the complaint also alleges that Schubert used damaging information that he acquired about another coach – relating to improper contact with swimmers – as leverage to secure a lucrative settlement with USA Swimming; Schubert himself was dismissed by USA Swimming from his powerful role as National Coach in late 2010 following his behavior at the Pan Pacific Championships that year. Even further, the suit implies that USA Swimming yet again participated in a cover-up by quietly hushing up an inappropriate coach-student relationship by a rising star among the coaching ranks….