Only three weeks since opening its doors, the U.S. Center for SafeSport is investigating 21 cases involving sexual misconduct or abuse in Olympic sports.
The center’s website offers a hotline and an online reporting form for those who have been victims of abuse or know of such cases. …
The organization operates independently from the U.S. Olympic Committee and organizations governing Olympic sports. The USOC and the 47 national governing bodies help fund the center — about $13.3 million over five years — but do not have any say over how it operates or the cases it investigates.
The center opened March 23 …
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A step forward, for sure. But how well will SafeSport work?
That’s yet to be seen.
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