poo vs. USA Gymnastics Robert. Colaz?ossi

04/232201 

 

was she breaking protocol?

MR. ATHANS: Object to the form.

THE WITNESS: Yeah. if that ever
would be breaking protocol.

But our protocol was very clear.

happened.
MR. CORNWELL: Q. Have you ever a
complaint by Jan Giunipero prior to receivi
Mr. Athane?
A. I?m Sure I saw it,
Our protocol wae very, very clear.
received complaint of that nature,
my office, we would review it together and
Q. Let's talk about the policy itself.
say by "policy" is the investigation or the
were discussing,

okay.

Where did that policy come from?

 

A, No.

Q, Who had that authority?

A. I di?,

So if She didn*t Show you a c0py of

the complaint

happened it

And I can 

with a very high level of confidence that never

eon the

ng it from

I don't remember directly,

but I know I would have seen it in the fall of 1998.

When Kathy

ehe would bring it to

decide

whether or not it needed to be investigated or not.

And what I

conninvestigation of complaints of sexual misconduct we

 

 

770?343?9696 Tiffany Ailey Global Reporting Video

Pago40

Doc. vs. A Gymnastics Robert Colarossi

U4f23f20 15

 

A. It was paesed down to me from the prior
administration.
Q. Did you ever review that policy along with the

bylaws to see if it was "m could be changed or modified

a. Not Specifically.
time worked really well at that time.

Q. Do you have any knowledge as to where the polio
actually came trom, whether it would be the Amateur Spo
Act or the bylaws of 

a. I don?t know directly. I think it was a policy
that was just established as a way to deal with
information that wag provided to the national office.

Q. So there was no directive from USOC as to what
policy should be in regard to complaints of sexual
misconduct?

e. No. Not that I'm aware of.
And we're governed by our bylaws.

Q. So any point in time the board of directots of
USAG could have changed that policy, or the president
could have changed that policy?

A. Technically, the Board as the highest authority
could change things.

But what we?re talking about is a policy that

was a policy of the executive office. And they could

 



We felt the policy that we had in place at that



33125.3

tlxe

 

7703439696 Tiffany Alley Global Reporting Video

Page41