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The Center publishes the names of sanctioned adults who the Center believes pose a potential risk to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and affiliated organizations in its online Centralized Disciplinary Database (CDD). According to Center staff, as of June 30, 2020, approximately 1,300 individuals were listed in the CDD.
SafeSport's public disciplinary database indicated that Griswold was temporarily suspended on August 23, 2022, for allegations of misconduct in violation of the SafeSport Code, prohibiting him from practicing or competing at any event or facility under the U.S.O.P.C. or a national sports governing body while he was being investigated by SafeSport.
That statement paralleled what a SafeSport employee wrote in an email to a claimant whose case was handled by Krasley and who has asked for it to be reopened. “Because we have many checks built into our investigative process, we do not anticipate that we will need to re-open many, if any, cases,” the employee wrote in that email, which was ...
Separately in February 2023, the former USSS employee who had previously filed a report with Safesport filed a lawsuit against Foley and others for the alleged sexual assaults. [2] [16] [29] On August 8, 2023, after an 18-month investigation, SafeSport suspended Foley for ten years for sexual misconduct. [19] [30] [31] [32]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport was duly created in 2017. [155] [156] [157] It has exclusive jurisdiction over allegations of sexual misconduct and can impose sanctions up to lifetime banning of a person from involvement in all Olympic sports. [158] It also collates a central database of disciplinary cases across all sporting disciplines. [159]
On May 14, 2021, the United States Center for SafeSport suspended French coach Jean-Luc Cairon from all contact with athletes and USA Gymnastics member clubs & members while it conducts an investigation of allegations against him, and he was entered into the SafeSport Centralized Disciplinary Database for allegations of misconduct.
SafeSport seeks to address the problem of sexual abuse of minors and Olympic athletes in sport. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Its primary focus, for which it has exclusive jurisdiction , is to review allegations of sexual misconduct , and to impose sanctions up to the lifetime ban of a person from all Olympic sports. [ 11 ]
Lee was suspended by USA Fencing on December 22, 2023, for his alleged conduct that would constitute a violation of the SafeSport Code. [30] Lee resigned as Chairman of the Board when he was informed of his suspension. [31] On January 4, 2024, his suspension was upheld by the U.S. Center for SafeSport (SafeSport). On January 16, 2024, SafeSport ...