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“Protected Again And Again”: How A Fencer Made It To The Tokyo Olympics Despite Sexual Assault Allegations

by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Ten days after fencer Alen Hadzic secured a spot as an alternate on the US Olympic team, a group of women took their concerns about him straight to the top. The six women fencers, including two Olympic athletes, wrote to the Olympic committee that Hadzic should...

12 female athletes to split $14M sex abuse settlement against USA Water Polo, ex-coach

by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Twelve female athletes will split nearly $14 million as part of a sexual abuse settlement for a lawsuit against USA Water Polo and the International Water Polo Club in California involving their ex-coach, the Associated Press reported. The athletes allege that both...

May 24 – May 30, Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | May 30, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

? This week our highlight goes to Simon Biles, who executed a Yurchenko double pike the US Classic. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Mickey Callaway, who has been fired by the LA Angels for harassing a number of female media...

Ex-Olympic gymnastics coach dies by suicide hours after being charged with human trafficking, sex crimes

by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the women’s team to a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Games, killed himself Thursday after he was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking in relation to acts that occurred at a Michigan gym he owned...

Michelle Wie West responds to Rudy Giuliani story: ‘Highly inappropriate’

by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

A day after Rudy Giuliani appeared on a podcast and shared an inappropriate story about Michelle Wie West, the LPGA player took to social media to express her disgust with the former New York City mayor. Wie West on Friday called it “unsettling to hear of this highly...

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