down this passenger out plane, then put them into big trouble. and so that be the most likely explanation. whether it's so far, categorically refusing to put the evidence to the public to see it. well, perhaps it also fits in with a narrative at the time at the top of solely, of course this, the plane was down around the time of the my dying revolution. most people nowadays of finally come to understand the truth that the my down to revolution with a us orchestrated bout of regime change. and that's exactly what did happen. but if you think it fit with a narrative during the my down to revolution, he russia bad russia bad than the playing get shut down. they immediately pin it on russia. you think that's part of the mainstream narrative to year? yeah, and they're trying to integrate the trial the narrative, so they're trying to put on to show a trial and not even really hearing the witnesses been really interested in putting on great show for up there. just going through the motions and indiana.

they were there for our crime, which is rough and back, and it's all a separatist ball. and then they will take that and show independent court in the show that it's all russia and that will be what they're trying to call this year. and so it's actually interesting that from r t, it's not really covering the trial because they don't want to get me. they just want to be john, couple solely political analyst joining us live here on our international. i enjoyed that. thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you. thanks for joining us here for the program. we are back soon with more of your headlines the the

ok. ah. the the news? the lawyer john little is well acquainted with the federation. history has made it his mission to fight for justice for the victims of sexual abuse in sport.

he has worked on countless cases in sports, such as gymnastics, diving, fencing and field hockey. but there's been more lawsuits against usa swimming than against any other federation. well these are, these are the stuff in swimming. this stuff is pretty old. this is 80 to 92, which guys me, i cannot keep track of all the swimmers that have called me over the years. there's too many, john has all kinds of documents in his files, such as this confession from 986, signed by a coach. i recur, declare of my own free will and volition that i have had sexual intercourse with minor kelly m davies. rick earl, was one of the top american coaches. his victim was 15. despite the lawsuit. 8 years later he was appointed coach of the year,

and he worked for another 26 years before finally being sentenced to 7 years in prison. littles files also include a dispatch from associated press reporting, the exclusion of mich ivy. a former olympic champion turned coach from his club for having intimate relations with several under age athletes. one of them later became his wife. usa swimming only excluded him in 2013 sean hutchinson. george kidney jack nelson. charles roberts, the roll call goes on us a swimming covered up dozens of cases. you know, if you were just some average coach here in indianapolis, and you got arrested from western kids, they would kick you out of swimming very simply. if you are a good coach, however, somebody like sean hutchinson, they handled or ever luciano or rick earl or mic drive, fill in the blank. if you were a successful coach that produced metals and money for them,

they handled your claim differently. they sent your claim to a board of review maybe, or they just whitewash the whole thing as long as the metals in money keep coming. they don't care. metals are crucial to the federation financial success and to when metals unique good coaches. so to ensure usa swimming prosperity, chuck, well guess, decided to protect his best coaches, even when there was damning evidence against them as the lawyer, bob ballard found out when he defended other abuse survivors chuck wall. this really was the mastermind of his time as far as being able to deceive, being able to lie and cover up for pedophile coaches. he mastered the camera. i many documents, 3 of chuck. well, this is personal responsibility such as the story of the west coast swimming coach,

andrew king, who is notorious for engaging his swimmers and sex games and inviting them to his home in 2003, the head of a club, notify chuck well goes, but a young female swimmer had complained here as well, gus's reply, no formal complaint is being filed. so there is no formal action for you or us to take this matter should be kept confidential by both you and us. despite the cover up by the federation, this particular coach was tried and sentence to 40 years in prison ment emerged that he had abused 15 swimmers. one of them had to have an abortion. at the age of 14, you don't approve value code, please don't let me die yet. imagine going to play on on to be can fill up. you can get the yearly order if you know, if you don't have enough like the month for that for the i soon

as the federations executive director chuck well guess reap the greatest rewards from usa swimming success. or he had a almost a $1000000.00 a year job living in colorado springs and everything taken care of for you. first class tickets to elliptic sites and board of director meetings in places like can coon and coaster rica. he had a pretty good at the time the public had no idea of the sexual abuse and swimming. but chuck wall goes feared an outbreak of scandal, as shown by a recording we obtained here he is addressing coaches at their annual convention in 2009. so this is, this is the hardest audience for me to speak to. because you're the people who make the sport work, who i respect the most? i read in the paper this morning, usa swimming coach, kissimay, florida, arrested,

allegedly had sex with a 12 year old girl. this happens almost every week. we get calls at the office. i get informed about it. one of my greatest fears is someone is going to start linking all this together. and it's going to be a 60 minute documentary about youth coaches in sports like gymnastics, swimming the very next year. his fears came true, young girls with big dreams working long and hard for a shot at olympic. laurie. tonight a scandal unfold, dozens of highly regarded swim coaches across the country, guilty of sexual misconduct with vulnerable, young girls. the us media seized on chuck wall gets his reaction to the swimmers. harrowing testimony ah, you feel i need to apologize to them. just as claimed he had done his utmost to

prevent abuse and denied all blame on. he did not resign and kept his job until his death and 2017. in 2018, a california newspaper estimated that a total of $590.00 swimmers had suffered sexual abuse. usa swimming refused to answer our questions, but a former vice president agreed to meet us. i went to the 2008, paying a lip of games that i opened my mouth about the, the sexual abuse problem and in 2010. i was persona non grata and thanked for my previous service. mike salt state, told us that at the time usa swimming did not just protect abusers from the 1980 s onwards. even before chuck. well guess, got there. the federation had

a strategy for dealing with cases of this kind and limiting their financial impact . in theory, the victims family should go to the police and bring a lawsuit against the coach, a club, and the federation. but in the usa, lawyers fees can run into tens of thousands of dollars. and in this type of case, the outcome is uncertain because the abuse is often difficult to prove. so most cases are settled out of court. the lawyer is acting for the 2 parties come to an agreement on the amount of compensation to be paid to the victim. it is not the federation that pays, but its insurance company ah, in, in 1900. 88 usa swimming set up its own insurance company. u. s. s. i see domiciled on the caribbean island of barbados. ah, but the number of cases soon became problematic. ah,

u. s. s i c. noted the rise in claims of sexual abuse and molest. in fact, it quickly became the 3rd most expensive part of usa swimming insurance programs. and it became apparent that we needed to decrease the exposure of music to the sexual abuse and the last claims. so the insurance firms that a cap of $100000.00 on compensation and to receive the money, the families had to sign a confidentiality agreement and promise not to bring any lawsuits in the future. ah, what they did is they created a small policy of a $100000.00, hoping that everybody would just take the $100000.00 every every kid a complaint to be molested and would just walk away. and that by and large, worked through 20072008. they were able to buy off all their claims for $100.00

grand. they could have obtained much more. they went to millions. i mean, the stuff that happened to these these children is worth, i don't know how you put a price. i got it, but certainly not $100000.00. what did you think about the system? it's the right system from an insurance company. it's the right way for an insurance company to protect itself. it's the wrong way for the parent organization to act. oh, lastly, the federation set up a sort of internal court of justice, made up of lawyers and hiring usa swimming officials. in the united states, we have mandatory reporter laws, which means if you as an adult, involved with children, have a reasonable suspicion of, of an issue. you must report it to the local police. what somebody was doing was

resetting those complaints, accepting that parents, phone call, and not reporting to the police. not asking the parents to report to the police it telling them that it was usa, somebody's responsibility, its obligation, and usa swimming would handle it completely. unbeknownst to the parent, what they do is they put receptive arbitrators on this panel. we're talking coaches who have been in relationships with their swimmers. we're talking attorneys who have defended usa swimming on sex abuse claims. we're talking about a woman who married her swim coach, who is now a lawyer, so they hand select the arbitrators who will be hearing these claims. i believe it was obstruction. it was, it was obstruction of justice. in this sense. i personally did, i think that was a fair system. it's a spider web, me just curious system function for over 20 years.

me throughout that time, usa swimming deliberately obstructed genuine reforms. ah, the olympic metal is david confir, members that vividly in 1991 as a usa swimming board member, he cheered a small working group task with recommending solutions. ah, i was the chair and i was 25 years old. i wasn't the adult. the room and here's this young person saying we need to protect the athletes. and everybody in that room, i think was very aware of rick, earl, and niche id and many others that i didn't even know about. and did nothing me the group made several recommendations. recommendation to usa swimming that

a 1800 number, be created to serve as a referral and information service recommendation that coaches and teams obtain certified professional rubdown specialists or trainers. many coaches can be placed in potentially compromising situations. any usa swimming member convicted of sexual misconduct will instantly lose their usa swimming card. not one of the measures was implemented. when you have a culture that is tolerated, this for so on. change is going to be slow and change is going to come from the outside and the olympic sports movement white. the catholic church, like the orthodox jewish community, is a closed community. and when you have called communities that refuse to regulate themselves and refuse to outside voices in this is, this is the result. ah, news

in the moon the to limit the number of court cases usa swimming went even further. as jan thompson found out to her cost, it all started when she decided to file a complaint. chancey was bullied and sexually abused by her coach between the ages

of 13 and 20. it took her years to realize what had been done to her and decide to seek justice when she began to be molested, she was the age her children are now. it's super important for me to allow them to have a childhood because that is my son's age. i didn't have one. it was already starting to be stripped away from me. and at that point, recalling what had happened and piecing together her memory and took her a long time readers to the board by the time she had done so it was too late. she was over the age limit for filing a sexual abuse. complaint in california. fall ballard was her lawyer here in california. you have until the age of 26 to initiate civil suit and she was, i believe she was 28 years old. she was just a couple years after that point in time. so chancey tried to get the law changed.

it started with a meeting right down the street chancey, and i went down to the politicians office, not knowing him, him not knowing us. he was compassionate. we had a connection with him, and he supported a bill that changed the statute, limitations age from 26 to 40, and it was called s b 131 on may 7th, 2013 states sen, jim biel, chancy thompson and other abuse survivors, including former gymnast testified in front of the california state senate cherokee thompson. i currently have an ongoing litigation, excuse me. my coach did last me for many, many years and i'm in support of sb 131 as well. thank you. and the witnesses in support. so they came to the hearing supporting the bill, extending the statute, limitations, the whole clubs here. okay, for me all over the place to come to this meeting because they don't have justice.

they just want justice. they're also on the front row, holding their hands together like they do in a lympics. they all failed hands to one another. supporting the woman that was up testifying. i was 8 or 9 years old. the 1st time i felt dred, she had a really hard time getting up there and speaking very difficult to tell her story, makes your very emotional. yeah. does. but the bill was blocked. 5 months later, jerry brown, the governor of california, vetoed it. it was then that the victims learned that there had been frantic lobbying behind the scenes. the opponents of the bill included the catholic church and representatives of usa swimming in gene urban. i represent usa swimming. we represent over 300000 swimmers and

10000 swim clubs. we are opposed to the bill. thank you. swimming in the catholic church and lots of organizations who have troubled histories with sexual abuse. got together and said, we cannot have the limitations opened up. it would be very, very costly to us. we're talking a law that if passed would have resulted in billions of dollars of damages paid by entities like usa swimming and the catholic church. and then who spoke on behalf of usa swimming works for the lobbying firm. nielsen and merck, fam, or the federation paid the firm, $90000.00 to get the bill blocked me. i was amazed to see usa swimming put its coaches in the same place as the church putting clergy who would abuse to children. those 2 things being brought together were horrified. it leaves me speechless sometimes because i don't understand how you can silence and sweep

sex abuse under the rug for so many decades and have this culture allowed and okay . and it's all about money, money and metals. in at the beginning of 2020 usa swimming was the subject of to f. b, i investigations, a tax investigation and an investigation by congress along with it's chairman, tim henchey, the chairs of the gymnastics, volleyball, weightlifting skating. hi quando and bob flood, federations are being called to account some risk prison sentences, their organizations to be disbanded. if the governing bodies of sports take no action to protect their athletes, can governments themselves step in the

olympic movement was founded in 1894. it is the top of the sporting pyramid above the international and national federation. before yearly summer olympic games are the most important event in international sport. some 11000 athletes from 206 countries take part in them. and they are watched by nearly 4000000000 television viewers. awe from its head office and low, san in switzerland. the international olympic committee alternately organized as the summer and winter olympic games and administers receipts which are considerable . their revenues for the 20162018 games alone came to $5700000000.00. the i o c also has a duty to defend the olympic value and ensure that they are upheld by all the sporting federations that take part in the game. as

a lawyer who specializes in international sports law, jean christophe lab as well versed in the olympic values. respect for the athletes, features in the olympic charter. balmy's post you fall onto or in peace. not whose ivy not among a window. jesus, you brute druid, peace into veterans for salvation derived from all our mon. you do not need to overdo, pull war in. so she did, but she shows lucas l. v min. specifically for to go sheila, lucy, louis the cold put his new 6 new coast as she do, please do me. and what concrete steps as the i o. c taken during the olympics, a sexual abuse counselor is available for athletes to speak to. apart from that, the i o. c makes awareness raising videos everyone involved is thought they know

sexual harassment, child abuse in one voice and issue declaration condemning sexual abuse. its most substantial publication dates from november 2017. it is a 60 page manual designed to help sporting federations and national limbic committees introduce procedures to protect athletes containing detailed advice about how to help victims and educate athletes and those in charge of them about sexual abuse. how do you see shake if it has been correctly implemented? when we talk to them, we talked to the international federations very, very often we conduct surveys because they don't doing this alone. we're helping the you, there are people go in the field and their issues and show you what you do and when and how i mean it's more friendly than that. we're working together with them. we are in contact daily with situations and national and been committed. is there

a sanction that can be applied to them if they don't implement those measures? our concept of that is we get much better results if we work with these people and encourage them. and they understand the problem in their context. so we haven't needed to get to that kind of level of deciding whether to sanction so far. they've been very collaborative and we're getting ahead with convincing and helping the sports organizations to have these safeguarding rules in place. so i don't do it when they do it. they are doing it you'll, you're talking about something that's not happening like us in genetics. thank you . very much. okay, thank you. you are a swing o b i o c does is make recommendations. isn't there some way it could impose changes

you people fit well to lead up? wish me david, you don't, they'd be room all legal senior when? apostrophe. chevy dumont, they don't you prove, marcia, what bruce knew by his heal? who's that let you live? because she's got to see you on what you a little parsha will keep. others is all bushels. if you know man above while you know, restore. it could also this interest can brittle more di defeating. this will see it is perceived are much eligible to show the research for the moment the i o. c relies on sporting federations willingness to do what is needed. as governments, in many countries, if change doesn't come from governments or sporting institutions, where might it come from? in the, i

me, it's a measure that has to be implemented in every club, like the ban on unnecessary physical contact and vetting the criminal records of people who will be in charge of children in a professional or voluntary capacity and rules that adults and children should be kept separate during travel showers for the last 3 years, paul stewart has devoted himself entirely to combating the problem of sexual abuse in sports. that is what he is doing here in the suburbs of manchester. oh gosh. and 5, a good owned and with them spots up to me. and i believe in some time because it's just click to forgotten folk in order

to gain dan lovek, it was time to end became to quality and present the busy and try not to win further in fine. so when you mentioned dobbins, who, when dusty more to read your response may fulfilling self care so avenue than better you shonda to dante does use mine and i've said that, you know, can new policies and procedures are very, very important. but if we're really serious about keeping all children safe from sexual violence that we need some serious changes in the way that we think about the way we do school who in

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