The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the national governing body for snowboarding and the former national team snowboard coach conspired to engage in sex trafficking, enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual misconduct, three former national team snowboarders claimed in a lawsuit Thursday.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges former coach Peter Foley committed sexual assault and battery against the plaintiffs and other women for "nearly twenty years" with the "assistance, permission and endorsement" of the USOPC and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard federation (USSS).
"The system is focused on money and medals," said Sigrid McCawley, the lead attorney representing the three snowboarders. "It's not focused on protecting these athletes."
