Court Rules on Whether USTA Is Liable for Coach’s Sexual Misconduct

By Rachel S. Silverman Plaintiff Kylie McKenzie began playing tennis at the age of three and, by the age of nineteen, she had moved to Florida to train at Defendants’, United States Tennis Association (USTA), location in Orlando known as the USTA National Campus. While there, Plaintiff trained with USTA National Coach, Anibal Aranda (Coach Aranda). Coach Aranda had been an employee of the USTA for approximately seven years. Coach Aranda’s behavior became unprofessional and inappropriat