Three former members of the USA Ski and Snowboard Team are suing their former coach, a national federation and its CEO, and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee for sex trafficking, harassment, and enabling and covering up multiple acts. of sexual assault and misconduct, according to multiple reports.
Olympians Rosey Fletcher and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, along with Erin O’Malley, alleged in their lawsuit that Peter Foley, Gale «Tiger» Shaw, and the USOPC «conspired and acted in concert to commit unlawful acts.»
The three women say Foley used his position of trust to «force sexual acts through force, manipulation, emotional abuse, intimidation and retaliation.»
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Rosey Fletcher of the USA competes in the women’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding qualifying at Park City Mountain Resort during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Utah.
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Fletcher, a 2006 bronze medalist, claims Foley sexually assaulted her when she was 19 and again at a post-race event at the Olympics. O’Malley said Foley also sexually assaulted her in sanctioned competitions and in an elevator in front of Fletcher, while he mentally and verbally abused her at age 15.
«Foley began groping Erin and trying to forcefully kiss her, all without her consent,» the lawsuit says. «For nearly 20 years, coaches and executives from both organizations enabled Foley’s behavior, refused to act, and helped cover up Foley’s behavior, allowing him to continue the pattern of abuse of him.»
Chythlook-Sifsof says she was raped by a male coach «almost three times her age from an opposing team» during the 2005 world junior championships when she was 16.
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of the USA descends the slope and finished sixth during the women’s snowboard cross qualification at the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup on December 15, 2010 in Telluride, Colorado.
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A former federation employee, Lindsey Nikola, said in a separate lawsuit Thursday that Foley «sexually harassed and assaulted» her and forced her to take nude photos in hotel rooms at two World Cup ski races.
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«Had the USSS taken the safety of its young athletes and employees seriously, Foley’s behavior could have been prevented,» the lawsuits state.
Rosey Fletcher of the USA competes her way to the bronze medal in the women’s snowboarding parallel giant slalom final at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics on February 23, 2006, in Bardonecchia, Italy.
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Foley was fired by the USSS in March, shortly after ESPN investigated the crimes.