1Doc vs. USA Gymnastics

Robert. Colarossi O4f23z'2015

 

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reporting requirements.

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MR. ATHANS:
MR. CORNWELL:
MR. ATHENS:

THE WITNESS:
MR. CORNWELL:
A. Requirement to

or child abuse?

A.

Why not?
A.
Q.

 

I want you to tell me,

Did we ever report allegations?

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in your capacity as

the USAG do you disagree with any of these

A. (Reviews document.) Your question was do I um

Q. Do you disagree with any of the statements in
there?

A. i do not.

Q. On the far side of USAG 1268 discusses

that there is an absolute reporting

for allegations of child abuse?

Today or when he was president?

When he was president.

Okay.

I believe I'm aware of that, yes.
Q. That there was a m"

report.

Q. Did USAG ever report allegations of sexual abuse

No.

Because allegations are unsubstantiated.
So you made a determination, a legal determination

as to what should be reported and what shouldn't be

 

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reported?

MR. ATHANS: Object to the form.

THE WITNESS: We repoxted to the authorities if
we had a substantiated complaint.

MR. CORNWELL: Q. Again, to make it clear for
the record, what is your definition of "a substantiated
complaint"?

A. A signed statement by someone, either the victim
or a parent or some other person with firsthand
knowledge.

Q. And if any of those three scenarios occurred, then
they were reported to the local authorities?

A. Any of what three scenarios?

Q. The three scenarios you just listed as a

substantiated complaint.

A. Yes.

Then you reported them?

A. (Witness nods head.)

Is that a yes?

A Yes.

Q. Has USAG ever discussed or during your tenure as

president was there ever a discussion about placing
suspended members on a list that was reviewabie by the
public?

I don't recall.

 

 

 

 

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1 have been moiesting athletes, member athletes, i
2 turning that information over to the police,

3 anything prevent you from doing that as far as

4 the bylaws go?

5 A 1 don?t know how to answer that. Because I

6 assumed if i couldn?t process the complaint

7 because it didn?t meet the criteria, that I

8 couldn?t do anything. That?s the best way I can
9 answer that.

10 Okay. Did you ever turn over a complaint about
11 a professional member sexually abusing an

12 athlete to the police?

13 A if requested or mm 1 don?t remember doing it

14 unprompted.

15 Okay. So Plaintiff?s Exhibit Number 1 ww

16 A Oh, yes. Okay. I have to stop if can?t find
17 my glassesc

18 Oh, for God?s sakes.

19 Did you drop them on the floor?

20 A was going to say, I know I didn?t, because I




did the crossword puzzle? Okay.

22 Whoops. I?m losing my chair?

23 You are familiar with Plaintiff?s Exhibit
24 Number 1, aren?t you?

25 A Yes.

 

 

 

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