A campaign has been launched calling for an end to tolerance of sexual misconduct in Scottish sport.
End Sexual Misconduct In Sport has written an open letter to every professional sports team in the country calling for them to adopt explicit guidelines on how to deal with sexual crimes and harassment. The campaign was created in the wake of the signings of David Goodwillie by Raith Rovers and Lasse Uusivirta by ice hockey side Glasgow Clan in 2022.
Goodwillie was found to have raped a woman following a landmark civil case in 2017, while Uusivirta confessed to police that he had raped an 18-year-old student at a university in Alabama before fleeing the country to play professionally in Europe. Both were later dropped by their respective teams following fan backlash.
