No one can deny that the last couple of weeks’ facts have probably been the toughest ones for USA Swimming. The sport is rocked by a series of scandalous sexual abuse events which involve hundreds of swimmers, coaches and officials of the sport’s body.
And as if all these shocking facts that were only recently discovered weren’t enough, USA Swimming comes once again to bury even deeper the American sport’s purity. Apparently, three more names have become public these last couple of hours that are directly involved in the USA Swimming sex scandal storm, and the list keeps getting longer and longer.
.@cdswimcoach I couldn’t have said it better: @USASwimming must become transparent; Leadership has ruined LIVES and CAREERS. They’ve protected molesters at the expense of Children and our Sport. https://t.co/YgN7136kOY @swimswamnews @swimnewsonly @swimvortex @AspenInstSports
— Nancy Hogshead-Makar (@Hogshead3Au) February 20, 2018
More than 252 coaches on the list
James Cutrone, Nathan Weddle and Christian Valcarce are banned by USA swimming and now appear on the permanent ban list which was published and updated by the federation a couple of days ago.
Weddle, 43, was the head coach of the Capital Area Swim Team. Police arrested him two months ago on allegations that he had conducted inappropriate actions with a 15-year old girl. According to the report, the abused girl was part of his underage group of swimmers. The report also says that the alleged sexual abuse took place between August and December 2017.
As for Valcarce, 24, police was finally able to come up with enough evidence against him in October 2017. He faced charges of child pornography. The police found hundred of photos and videos downloaded to a secure IP address which resulted to be Valcarce’s home. Valcarce has been a children’s swim coach for many years.
Cutrone went behind bars in December 2017. Police charged him of being part of a massive child pornography sting located in New Jersey. Cutrone, 54 has been a swim coach at the Old Bridge-Freehold YMCA for many years.
590 victims of 252 coaches or officials. @USASwimming knew about it for decades and the only thing they did was lobby *against* laws that would’ve made it easier for victims to sue. Burn the whole thing down. https://t.co/CKszvDVHYi
— Jim Bob Breazeale (@jbbreazeale) February 21, 2018
