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The U.S. Center for SafeSport operative, Michael Henry, who deceived USA Swimming abuse victim Sarah Ehekircher as he sat in on a meeting with her investigator two months ago, has undergone a rebranding, according to his listing at the professional networking site LinkedIn.<\/span><\/p>\n Previously, Henry had called himself the SafeSport “director of legal affairs” on his LinkedIn page. Now he is “director, investigations and outcomes.”<\/span><\/p>\n The center’s own website appears to have no staff information except for that of Shellie Pfohl, the chief executive officer.<\/span><\/p>\n SafeSport’s media spokesperson, Dan Hill, did not respond to ConcussionInc.’s query about when Henry’s designation was changed or what brought about the change.<\/span><\/p>\n The conning of Ehekircher certainly qualifies as an “outcome,” albeit a dubious one for an agency expressly set up for the purpose of cleaning up the U.S. Olympic Committee sports bodies’ appalling record of covering up abuse allegations and re-victimizing victims.<\/span><\/p>\n As we contemporaneously reported, Henry was added at the last minute to the May 24 meeting between Ehekircher and SafeSport senior investigator Kathleen Smith, who told the complainant that he would be there as “another member of the Response and Resolution team[.]… We try to have a second person whenever possible to help with note-taking and any miscellaneous things that may need to be done.”<\/span><\/p>\n Ehekircher was not told that this humble scrivener was, in fact, the SafeSport director of legal affairs. Nor was she informed that she would proceed to be grilled in a tape-recorded interview without her own lawyer present.<\/span><\/p>\n Back then, spokesperson Hill told us that he couldn’t comment on the center’s explanation for how these deceits fit into a vision of “best practices” for handling sexual abuse allegations. Along the way, Hill inserted a dig about how these practices did not include “responding to misrepresentations.” Our subsequent publication of the texts of investigator Smith’s emails to Ehekircher established that our reporting was completely accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps the no-comment on Michael Henry’s title change is similarly justified as an example of the mysterious — but most assuredly benign! — ways of the U.S. Center for SafeSport and the blind faith that youth athletes, their families, and the U.S. Congress are expected to have in it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE FULL SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nSarah 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<\/a><\/h2>\n
Sarah Ehekircher Describes the American Swimming Coaches Association’s John Leonard As the Boss From Hell – And a Creep and Sex Harasser to Boot<\/a><\/h2>\n
ASCA Boss John Leonard ‘Categorically Denies’ Sarah Ehekircher’s Sexual Harassment Allegations; Captive Swimming Industry Publication’s Article Also Smears Ehekircher and Concussion Inc.<\/a><\/h2>\n
What Sarah Ehekircher Says ASCA’s John Leonard Told Her About His Military Career – And What Leonard Said About It in a 2012 Deposition<\/a><\/h2>\n
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 …’<\/a><\/h2>\n
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Center for SafeSport Is Revisiting Sarah Ehekircher’s Complaint to USA Swimming That Coach James Scott MacFarland Groomed and Had Sex With Her Beginning When She Was 17<\/a><\/h2>\n
Congratulations to SwimSwam on Picking Up Our MacFarland-Ehekircher Coverage –<\/a><\/h2>\n
U.S. Center for SafeSport Must Carefully Shadow USA Swimming’s Disgraceful 2010 Hearing of Allegations Against James Scott MacFarland. First Stop: Pro-MacFarland Testimony From His Best Friend – ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Bob Gillett.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/h2>\n
James Scott MacFarland – Accused Groomer-Abuser of Sarah Ehekircher – Is Scrubbed at Houston’s Magnolia Aquatic Club<\/a><\/h2>\n
Confusion Surrounds James Scott MacFarland’s Status at Houston’s Magnolia Aquatic Club in Wake of U.S. Center for SafeSport’s New Investigation of Sarah Ehekircher’s Grooming-Abuse Allegations<\/a><\/h2>\n
While the World Watches, Sarah Ehekircher’s Case and Others Move Forward at the U.S. Center for SafeSport<\/a><\/h2>\n
New SafeSport Center Probes Vague Charge Against Scott MacFarland; Abuse Victim Sarah Ehekircher Expresses Skepticism – Also Is Meeting With Congresswoman and USA Swimming Chief<\/a><\/h2>\n
Chris DeSantis on Sarah Ehekircher’s Upcoming Meeting With USA Swimming Chief Tim Hinchey<\/a><\/h2>\n
Scott MacFarland, Sarah Ehekircher’s Groomer-Abuser, Disappears From Website of Houston’s Magnolia Aquatic Club<\/a><\/h2>\n
Sarah Ehekircher’s Statement on Her Groomer\/Abuser Scott MacFarland’s Removal From the Magnolia Aquatic Club<\/a><\/h2>\n
Sarah Ehekircher’s Meeting With USA Swimming Chief Tim Hinchey Still Leaves an Impasse Over Release of the Flawed 2010 National Board of Review Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n
Sarah Ehekircher, Who Just Got Scott MacFarland Booted From Swimming 30+ Years After He Groomed and Abused Her, Is Talking With Congressional Investigators About the Bigger Picture<\/a><\/h2>\n
Sarah Ehekircher Guest Column: ‘What I Would Say To Congress If I Were Testifying This Week’<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/h2>\n
U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Sandbagging of Abuse Complainant Sarah Ehekircher by Legal Affairs Director Michael Henry Should Blow Up This New Agency Without Further Ado<\/a><\/h2>\n
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’<\/a><\/h2>\n