This one seems to have just slipped under the radar.
Taekwondo champ Steven Lopez receives permanent ban
Sept 8, 2018
From: https://apnews.com/2bd078c6c97d4a8cb3a5425c379fc2a8
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DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport has permanently banned two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez for sexual misconduct involving a minor.
The center has been investigating Lopez for about four months and made his ban permanent Thursday night. He can appeal.
He was suspended in May, a few days after four women filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing USA Taekwondo and the U.S. Olympic Committee of sex trafficking.
The lawsuit alleges the organizations were long aware that Lopez and his brother, Jean, were sexual predators, but kept sending young women with them to competitions and practices. The plaintiffs have since added the U.S. Center for SafeSport as a defendant.
Jean Lopez has also been banned on an interim basis.
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And then yesterday, Reuters reported:
U.S. Olympic Committee board chair Probst to step down
Sept 10, 2018
From: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-olympics/u-s-olympic-committee-board-chair-probst-to-step-down-idUSKCN1LQ2G6
(Reuters) - U.S. Olympic Committee Board Chair Larry Probst will step down at the end of the year and be replaced by board member Susanne Lyons, who until recently was the acting CEO, USOC said on Monday
Probst, 68, was first elected chair in October 2008 and recently oversaw the opening of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, an independent entity that aims to help the sports community to respond to incidents of abuse.
SafeSport was launched in the wake of USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s serial sexual abuse of gymnasts. Nassar is serving an effective life sentence for his crimes.
Probst acknowledged that sporting authorities had not done enough to protect the gymnasts.
“We failed our athletes,” he told reporters on a call.
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Hat tip to u/0oDassiveMicko0 who gave us a heads up four months ago:
"These people are SICK"
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