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PREVIOUSLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Part 1, David Berkoff: https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=8474<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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by Irvin Muchnick and Tim Joyce<\/em><\/p>\n

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(This article is adapted from a post on April 18, 2012: https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=5519<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Swimming legend Pablo Morales, who like David Berkoff won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics, disputed the account of Berkoff that they ever discussed the sexual abuse of Kelley Davies or other swimmers.<\/p>\n

Again, Berkoff’s July 26, 2010 email to parent activist Jeff Chida:<\/p>\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><\/p>\n

Told of Morales’s denial, Berkoff rebutted it with specifics.<\/p>\n

Here is the full text of Morales’s April 16, 2012 email to Muchnick:<\/p>\n

Thank you for checking up on your facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) I have absolutely ZERO recollection of having sat down with David Berkoff “over a handful of beer” for any occasion, much less to engage in a conversation about coaches who were having inappropriate relationships with their swimmers. I can honestly say that socializing “over a handful of beers” is something which I have not done frequently in my lifetime so I feel like I would have a better than average chance of recalling instances where something like this occurred. Though I know David, I simply cannot recall any instance when he and I sat down over beers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) Any statement attributed to me having any knowledge of the named coach is patently false. First of all, I was never coached by this individual so by this fact alone, I could have absolutely no knowledge of his conduct or ability to even make such a statement. Secondly, though his name is familiar to me, this is a person I knew only as someone who coached in the area. As I write this now, my recollection of him is fleeting. It makes no sense to me that I would have been engaged in a conversation about this man with anyone, much less claim to be knowledgable about such details of his personal life. <\/strong><\/p>\n

3) As I write this, I have no knowledge of (first-hand, second-hand, or any type) that he has engaged in, nor have I ever recalled that he has been accused of engaging in (your email is the first I have heard of it), this behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am dumbfounded by the claim that such a conversation occurred. I know David and I like him. My only guess is that he may be confusing the person with whom he had this conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, thank you for checking up. Needless to say, I do not expect that my name will be mentioned as someone who had knowledge of, or claimed to have, knowledge of this person’s conduct.<\/strong><\/p>\n

pablo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pablo Morales | Head Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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University of Nebraska Swimming & Diving<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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In a subsequent telephone interview, Berkoff stood by his statement. He said he had the conversation with Morales at a restaurant in Orlando, Florida, in 1988, and British swimmer Adrian Moorhouse was with them. (Reached by email, Moorhouse did not clarify the matter.)<\/p>\n

Next in this series: Dick Shoulberg<\/strong><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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