A para-athlete is suing the Australian Sports Commission for negligence, claiming it "did nothing to stop" her supervisor from allegedly sexually abusing her while the pair worked at an Australian Institute of Sport pool.
In a statement of claim filed with the ACT Supreme Court, lawyers for Kayla Dee Powell, 24, say she was a high-performance para-athlete who was contracted to train at the institute at the time in question.
Ms Powell also worked part-time as a pool lifeguard at the institute, where she was supervised by the man she accuses of sexually and physically abusing her on four occasions in early 2020.
