Lawsuit Says USA Diving Ignored Sexual Abuse Of Divers
Source: Deadspin
Lauren Theisen
37 minutes ago
A lawsuit filed last week adds USA Diving to the list of U.S. Olympic Committee-certified national governing bodies that have allegedly enabled the abuse of young female athletes. The lawsuit, filed in an Indiana federal court, describes one coach in particular who has habitually raped his divers, and the indifference of organizations that let him escape real punishment for his actions.
The lawsuit names USA Diving, Ohio State University’s Diving Club, and a coach named Will Bohonyi as defendants. Bohonyi’s actions are the focus of the suit, in which he’s specifically accused of sexually abusing two of his former divers. From 2009 to 2011, while an assistant coach at the Indiana Diving Club, Bohonyi is accused of regularly demanding sex from a college-aged female diver. From the lawsuit:
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The diver was able to distance herself from Bohonyi when she transferred to another university for her final two years of school.
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