When former USA Diving and Ohio State University assistant diving coach William Bohonyi entered a plea of guilty to the sexual battery of one-time Olympic hopeful diver Eszter Pryor, it freed up a group of attorneys who represent plaintiffs who have allegedly been...
A California state appeals court has affirmed the ruling of a trial court, which dismissed the claim of a football player, who sued another player and his head coach after he was attacked by the player in the film room. In so ruling, the panel of judges...
By Claire Williams* Although society has become more accepting of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender individuals, sport has largely been resistant to change. Mainstream sporting venues both exclude and demonize queer athletes and fans through strategies...
When NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said recently that players would be held responsible for their conduct, it put added pressure on sports agents. Beyond just getting the best deal for their clients, agents had to be proactive about keeping players in line, or risk...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court and found that a former student-athlete’s sexual harassment lawsuit against a highly decorated women’s soccer coach at the University of North Carolina deserves to go to trial. Plaintiffs Melissa...
The attorney representing a former Marshall University cheerleader, who has alleged that she was submitted to a “pervasive environment of sexual harassment” while on the squad, is awaiting a picotal hearing in the case. Since filing the case on June 13, 2006 in...
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to rehear the appeal, en banc, of Melissa Jennings, who sued University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach Anson Dorrance more than eight years ago for sexual harassment. The litigation seemed all but dead...
A New York Supreme Court has ordered the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation to show cause why Skeleton coach Tim Nardiello should not be reinstated after the Federation placed him on paid administrative leave last week amid allegations that he had sexually harassed...
The Director of Equal Opportunity at Murray State University has sued the former Athletic Director E.W. Dennison at MSU, her employer and others, alleging that Dennison sexually harassed her and that the school and others didn’t do enough to address the alleged...
A student-athlete on the University of Kansas softball team has sued various athletic department officials at the school, claiming the defendants retaliated against her after she complained to the athletic director that she had been sexually harassed. The...
