Federal officials investigate sex abuse in US Olympic organizations
- Feds looking into how NGOs handled sex-abuse allegations
- A proposed bill would strengthen congressional oversight
Federal investigators are looking into the way the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and national governing bodies of Olympic sports handled sex-abuse allegations, people with knowledge of the investigations told the Associated Press on Friday.
The investigations, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, come in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases that led to massive turnover at USA Gymnastics and the USOPC. The Journal, citing people familiar with the investigations, reported that the investigation were wide-ranging and involved grand jury subpoenas that were sent to the USOPC and the US Center for SafeSport – the organization formed in 2017 to handle sex-abuse cases in the Olympic world.