School defends stadium's pregame ritual - Swim Coach Curl Banned, USA Swimming banned coach Rick Curl for life for an improper relationship with a teenage swimmer in the 1980s, another ugly chapter in a sexual abuse scandal that rocked one of America’s most successful Olympic sports.
Curl, who ran one of the nation’s largest swim clubs near Washington, D.C., and coached 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan, was scheduled for a hearing Wednesday before the National Board of Review. But he informed the governing body he was waiving his right to challenge the case.
Curl voluntarily gave up his membership and will be added to USA Swimming’s list of banned individuals, which is published on the organization Web site.
The coach was accused of starting a relationship with a 13-year-old female swimmer in the 1980s.
That swimmer, Kelley Davis Currin, said she was pleased with the ruling but hopes it is only the beginning of truly meaningful change throughout the sport.
“Obviously I feel really good about it,” she told The Associated Press in an interview. “But, in a way, I feel like this should have been done so long ago. This is really just the first step in the process. Unfortunately, I don’t think things are going to get better. I think more discoveries are going be made. This is just the first layer of the onion.”
Currin received a $150,000 settlement from Curl not to go to law enforcement with details of the illicit four-year relationship, a decision she still regrets.
“We had horrible counsel. We were given terrible legal advice,” she said. “I absolutely, positively wish I could have a redo. I think there needs to be a law that for a child who’s abused, there’s no option. It’s a criminal case. It’s got to be reported. To settle out of court should never be an option.”
After the settlement, Currin said she dealt with depression and suffered from an eating disorder. She has since married and gotten a job as a teacher, allowing some degree of normalcy. Still, she decided to come forward after the sport was rocked by a sexual abuse scandal that first came to light two years ago.
Curl, who ran one of the nation’s largest swim clubs near Washington, D.C., and coached 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan, was scheduled for a hearing Wednesday before the National Board of Review. But he informed the governing body he was waiving his right to challenge the case.
Curl voluntarily gave up his membership and will be added to USA Swimming’s list of banned individuals, which is published on the organization Web site.
The coach was accused of starting a relationship with a 13-year-old female swimmer in the 1980s.
That swimmer, Kelley Davis Currin, said she was pleased with the ruling but hopes it is only the beginning of truly meaningful change throughout the sport.
“Obviously I feel really good about it,” she told The Associated Press in an interview. “But, in a way, I feel like this should have been done so long ago. This is really just the first step in the process. Unfortunately, I don’t think things are going to get better. I think more discoveries are going be made. This is just the first layer of the onion.”
Currin received a $150,000 settlement from Curl not to go to law enforcement with details of the illicit four-year relationship, a decision she still regrets.
“We had horrible counsel. We were given terrible legal advice,” she said. “I absolutely, positively wish I could have a redo. I think there needs to be a law that for a child who’s abused, there’s no option. It’s a criminal case. It’s got to be reported. To settle out of court should never be an option.”
After the settlement, Currin said she dealt with depression and suffered from an eating disorder. She has since married and gotten a job as a teacher, allowing some degree of normalcy. Still, she decided to come forward after the sport was rocked by a sexual abuse scandal that first came to light two years ago.
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