A former skating student of Richard Callaghan filed a lawsuit saying that Callaghan repeatedly sexually abused him from 1999 to 2001.
U.S. Figure Skating rocked: Suit against Richard Callaghan alleges sexual abuse, and accusation emerges of attempt to silence skaterA new lawsuit against a U.S. Olympic figure skating coach and an accusation of an attempt to silence an alleged sexual abuse victim rocked U.S. Figure Skating Friday afternoon, just one week after Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner came forward to tell her story of being sexually assaulted by the late John Coughlin to USA TODAY Sports.
On Jan. 31, 2018, Maurizi detailed those allegations in a report filed with the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which suspended Callaghan March 6, 2018. USFS then suspended him as well. Callaghan sued SafeSport, but a judge dismissed that suit nearly a year ago. There still has been no final adjudication of the matter by SafeSport.
“How did this happen?” Schmidt told ABC News. “Why 20 years ago did everyone know and do nothing? Because if they would have done something then … I never would have been abused.” Maurizi said that in the meeting, St. Peter made a point to emphasize to him the various improvements that had been made to USFS’s sexual misconduct policies since 1999, when Maurizi first came forward with his allegations against Callaghan.
A USFS spokeswoman did not return three messages from USA TODAY Sports Friday afternoon seeking comment on Maurizi’s accusation.
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