USA Track & Field Allegedly Defames a Member of Its Own Board of Directors

By Dr. Robert J. Romano, JD, LL.M, St. John’s University, Senior Writer On September 1, 2023, Jim Estes, a member of the board of directors at USA Track and Field (USATF), filed a civil action against USA Track and Field, Max Siegel, the organization’s CEO, and Renee Washington, the organization’s COO, in the Marion County Circuit Court, Civil Division, for the state of Indiana. As part of his four-count complaint, Mr. Estes claims that his ‘sterling reputation’ in the area of track