{"id":7708,"date":"2013-06-14T09:57:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:32","slug":"sex-abuse-victim-deena-deardurff-schmidt-calls-out-usa-swimming-ceo-chuck-wielgus-for-years-of-inaction-on-sex-abuse-by-hall-of-fame-coach-paul-bergen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=7708","title":{"rendered":"SEX ABUSE VICTIM DEENA DEARDURFF SCHMIDT CALLS OUT USA SWIMMING CEO CHUCK WIELGUS FOR YEARS OF INACTION ON HALL OF FAME COACH PAUL BERGEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<p>Deena Deardurff Schmidt, whose 2010 interview was a centerpiece of the ABC <i>20\/20 <\/i>report in 2010 on widespread sexual abuse by coaches in USA Swimming, today demanded that the organization&#8217;s chief executive, Chuck Wielgus, account for why he has taken no action against Paul Bergen, the International Swimming Hall of Fame coach who molested her in her youth.<\/p>\n<p>In an email sent this morning to Wielgus, the ex-Olympic gold medalist&#8217;s attorney, B. Robert Allard, outlines the background of the case and asks:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What if anything has USA Swimming done to:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>oInvestigate Mr. Bergen,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>oremove Mr. Bergen&#8217;s name from the swim meet for underage kids,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>oremove Mr. Bergen from USA Swimming,<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>remove Mr. Bergen from the deck of the Tualatin Hills Swim Club, and\/or<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>remove Mr. Bergen from the International Hall of Fame?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deena Deardurff Schmidt&#8217;s 2008 public statement about her abuse, which names Bergen, is viewable at <a href=\"http:\/\/muchnick.net\/deenadeardurffschmidt.pdf\">http:\/\/muchnick.net\/deenadeardurffschmidt.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: Complete links to Concussion Inc.&#8217;s coverage of rapist International Swimming Hall of Fame coach Paul Bergen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Irv Muchnick<\/i><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deena Deardurff Schmidt, whose 2010 interview was a centerpiece of the ABC 20\/20 report in 2010 on widespread sexual abuse by coaches in USA Swimming, today<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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