Hello!!
Mr. Fencing Gold Medalist from 1976!!!
Mr. Bach, Chairman of the IOC??
Do we have to go up and down the line to every sport offered in the Olympic calendar in the United States before the IOC steps in on these investigations of rampant sexual assault in the athlete-selection systems of, now believed and alleged, at least FIVE United States Olympic Committee sports governing bodies?
Joining equestrian, gymnastics, swimming, and taekwondo on this list is diving. (The USA has separate governing bodies for swimming and diving.
Deadspin reported yesterday afternoon that a class-action lawsuit has been opened against USA Diving, (the sanctioning body for diving under the USOC), Ohio State University (good Lord, that's the THIRD Big Ten University involved in this kind of shit -- and they've already got a major problem in their wrestling program that I need to go back and cover at some point in this mess!!!), and a coach named Will Bohonyi.
Bohonyi is accused, over a period of 2009 to 2011, of demanding sex from one college diver (he was coaching in Indiana (not at Indiana University) at the time -- this is why the lawsuit is in Federal court in Indiana), and to rape at least one diver, and the lawsuit alleges he was able to do this with his status as a coach of the US Olympic Diving Team.
The unnamed diver fled Bohonyi and spent her last two years in college diving elsewhere.
A second accused incident occurred at Ohio State, when Bohonyi was a coach at an intramural diving club, which included rape, forced entry of objects, child pornography (he asked a 16 year-old for nudes, the law prosecutes all minor such offenses up to 18), and an obstruction of the incident when a teammate went to the head of the club during a meet in Tennessee.
Eventually, Bohonyi was fired, and took it out, raping the now-17 year old, according to the lawsuit.
Bohonyi was supposed to be banned for life from coaching in 2015, but has been found coaching minor female divers as late as last year, as well as a consultant for a USA Diving sponsor!
That's five, Mr. Bach!!
HOW MANY MORE???
Or do we have to have all of them to prove that this is systemic throughout the entire US Olympic Committee program before we even think of disqualifying the Olympics' biggest cash cow???
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