by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Five years ago, the first reports of ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s heinous crimes laid bare one of the largest sexual abuse scandals in American history. Fast-forward to this week, when more than 500 survivors, including Olympic gymnastic champions Simone...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
At this point, the bigger problem for the NFL is not the stinking algae bloom that is Daniel Snyder but rather the strong whiff of its own toxic cleansers. Commissioner Roger Goodell, you see, knows the Washington Football Team owner was accused of sexual misconduct...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
On the evening of Jan. 30, 2017, a woman showed up at a police station in Southern California to report an alleged sexual assault. After attending the Los Angeles Dodgers’ FanFest two days earlier, the woman told police, she met up with a man she had casually dated....
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and their insurers after a five-year legal battle, an attorney for some of his victims said on Monday....
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Swimming Australia has defended its response to allegations made by the Olympic swimmer Maddie Groves that she was sexually assaulted over five years by a man still involved in the sport. On Wednesday night Groves alleged on the ABC’s 7:30 Report she was sexually...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Simone Biles is continuing to push for national gymnastics organizations to take accountability for their role in the Larry Nassar abuse scandal. The gymnast, 24, was honored this week as TIME’s 2021 athlete of the year. In the accompanying profile, Biles...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There will be no World Tennis Tour events held in China in 2022, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) source confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. The source did not say if the move was linked to concerns over the health and safety of doubles star Peng Shuai. Read...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are putting her at “greater risk” and that they are “obviously staged.” One of China’s most recognizable sports...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association has won many plaudits in recent days for its bold stance on Peng Shuai, the prominent Chinese tennis player who disappeared from public sight last month after accusing a powerful retired politician of sexual assault. The organization’s...
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