Six women file civil lawsuits against USA Swimming for enabling coaches to sexually abuse young swimmers
Competitors start the women’s 200-meter freestyle during an International Swimming League event, December 20, 2019, in Las Vegas.
The suits allege USA Swimming, including former executive director Chuck Wielgus, and other top officials, the local associations and clubs were aware of Ivey, Uchiyama and King’s predatory behaviour but refused to address it, creating a culture of abuse that exposed dozens of underage swimmers to sexual abuse and harassment.
Grodensky said King abused her from ages 11 to 16 when she was a swimmer in Danville, California, in the early 1980s. Now 51 and living in New York, she said she has suffered from years of depression as a result of the abuse. Grodensky said King's grooming of her extended to her family, friends and teammates.
“USA Swimming enabled Mitch Ivey to abuse me and as a result, I've suffered from years of depression, low self-esteem and panic attacks on top of acute anxiety. I still suffer from the trauma today that will stay with me for the rest of my life,” Moran said. “USA Swimming must clean house and get rid of the coaches and executives that created this culture that condoned sexual abuse by coaches.
Uchiyama later found a coaching job at a nearby country club on the recommendation of another USA Swimming executive.
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