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\n“Denying knowledge of Rick Curl, Mitch Ivey and others banging their swimmers! It’s a flat out lie. They knew about it because we (coaches and athletes) were all talking about it in the late 1980″²s and early 1990″²s. I was told by several of Mitch Ivey’s swimmers that he was sleeping with Lisa Dorman in 1988. I heard the whole Suzette Moran story from Pablo Morales over a handful of beers and nearly threw up. I was told Rick Curl was molesting Kelly Davies for years starting when she was 12 by some of the Texas guys. That was the entire reason I formed the abuse subcommittee. I was sick and tired of this crap. No one was standing up. No one was willing to take on these perverts.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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There again is the text of the July 26, 2010, email by Hall of Fame swimmer David Berkoff — now USA Swimming technical vice president David Berkoff. It is Exhibit A in Kelley Davies Currin’s contention — following last Thursday’s sentencing hearing for her abusive coach, Rick Curl — that Berikoff has to go, along with USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus and prominent coach Mark Schubert.<\/p>\n

Currin also believes that the U.S. Congress — which created the structure of the U.S. Olympic Committee in the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 — should investigate. The Washington Post<\/em>, among others, agrees.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Berkoff is “mired in national sex abuse case,” according to his hometown newspaper, the Missoula Independent of Montana. See http:\/\/missoulanews.bigskypress.com\/IndyBlog\/archives\/2013\/05\/28\/missoula-swim-coach-mired-in-national-sexual-abuse-case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know. I heard rumors,” explains “Backoff” Berkoff.<\/p>\n

Re-read the text at the top of this post and see if you agree with this self-servingly languid assessment.<\/p>\n

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Irv Muchnick<\/em>
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