The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been accused of newer crimes when working there last year.
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Read full article: Florida legislators look to tackle state’s mental health crisis by expanding the role of psychologists Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter Monday to the sex-abuse watchdog’s CEO, giving her a month to answer 13 questions related to how the centerKrasley has been arrested multiple times over the past three months for crimes he allegedly committed between 2015 and 2024, including rape, sex trafficking, soliciting prostitution, theft and, most recently, harassment.
“Investigators must be professionally and morally qualified to perform their duties,” the letter said. “Accusations of rape and other sex crimes against any SafeSport investigator are especially concerning given SafeSport’s mandate to protect athletes from similar abuse.
In January came the charges of rape, sex trafficking and soliciting prostitution. Krasley's attorney, James Burke, says his client denies those allegations. “If so, why did SafeSport refrain from suspending him from investigations or terminating his employment at the time SafeSport learned of these alleged actions?” Grassley asked.established the SafeSport Center.
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