US Olympians sue coach, sports bodies | The Express Tribune
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LOS ANGELES: Olympic bronze medalist Rosey Fletcher is among three former US snowboarders suing their ex-coach, the US Ski & Snowboard federation, and the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee, alleging sexual abuse that they say the organizations covered up, court documents showed. Fletcher, a 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, Erin O'Malley and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof sued former coach Peter Foley and the sports bodies in US District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday. They allege Foley committed sexual assault and battery against them and other women for "nearly twenty years" with the "assistance, permission and endorsement" of the USOPC and the USSS. The suit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages, alleges Foley exploited his position of trust with the athletes to "coerce sexual acts through force, manipulation, emotional abuse, intimidation, and retaliation." "Foley's abuse was reported to executives of the USSS and the...