Below is an excerpt of the May 12, 2010, deposition transcript of Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of USA Swimming, in a sexual abuse civil suit against the organization and Brian Hindson, a former club coach. More commentary will follow, but sometimes a document should be allowed to speak for itself. Here the head of swimming’s Congressionally authorized national governing body flashes the form for which he is paid $750,000 a year.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Next person I want to talk about is Rick Curl. What do you know about him?<\/p>\n
A Not much. I met Rick Curl for the first time probably early in the last decade, when he was — he was a fairly high-level coach, had been a coach of a couple of National Team — or at least one National Team-level athlete. And that was really about my — my only interaction was him was just meeting him and seeing him and talking with him just in a casual manner on a few pool decks.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Do you know why he got fired from the University of Maryland?<\/p>\n
A I never even knew he worked at the University of Maryland.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Did you ever get any information about him having an inappropriate sexual contact with one of his swimmers?<\/p>\n
A I have never received any information about that<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Is there a file on Rick Curl?<\/p>\n
A Not — not that I’m — not that I’m aware of<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Are you aware of any settlement that Rick Curl made with his alleged victim?<\/p>\n
A I have — I have heard, just within the past three to four weeks, that there was some sort of a settlement between Rick Curl and a victim or a victim’s family. And that’s the first I heard of that.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Do you know why he moved to Australia?<\/p>\n
A I don’t. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Do you know if he moved to avoid criminal prosecution?<\/p>\n
A I’ll give you the same answer I gave to the last question<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Okay. And you said you learned in the last three to four weeks about some kind of settlement?<\/p>\n
A I shouldn’t say I learned. I heard a rumor. I — I would equate learning as knowing for sure, as opposed to –<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Heard a rumor?<\/p>\n
A — hearing something. Right, heard a rumor. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q Who did you hear the rumor from?<\/p>\n
A That’s a good question. I don’t recall who I heard the rumor from, but it — I don’t recall who I heard the rumor from. I can’t say. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Q But the rumor was just to the extent that he paid — he paid a settlement himself, personally? Is that what the rumor was?<\/p>\n
A No, no. 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