Di U.S. Tennis dey accused say dem dey hush mouth on top mata of sexual abuse plus dem wan shush Pam Shriver 🎾🤐
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Di U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) dey find way to clear their name for mata wey talk say one of their top lawyers dey try hide tory wey concern sexual abuse. Even Pam Shriver wey don collect 22 Grand Slam and na abuse survivor, dem wan dey tell am to dey use style dey talk di matter.
For Monday, Stevie Gould wey be ex-college player, wey win case against USTA for 2020 because dem no protect young players for California from known bad man wey dem don send go jail for 255 years, come lay complain give U.S. Center for Safesport. E wan make dem punish Staciellen Mischel, wey be deputy chief legal officer for USTA and na she be top lawyer for USTA Foundation, sake of her way for him case and anoda one wey concern bad tennis coach. 🚓
For di Safesport complain, dem talk one tory for 2022 spring time, when Mischel follow Shriver, wey dey International Tennis Hall of Fame, go drop for her moto after one dinner for fundraising and come tell am to dey careful for how she dey talk about di abuse matter for tennis. 😲
Shriver don talk say di way she see di tori be say dem dey tell am make she no talk plenty.
Gould kon talk for di complain say Mischel use dat same style like nine years ago, before coach come abuse am. For 2014, Mischel send mail give leader for Northern California section for USTA, say dem suppose keep information about police wey dey check one big coach wey dem call Normandie Burgos and him suspension from USTA activities coded. E no tey, Burgos come start to dey do bad tin to Gould, and dem catch am for plenty molestation case.
Gould tell Safesport say Mischel no get moral to dey her position for national governing body. E say she be big danger to children and say children no dey safe for tennis as long as she fit decide their matter. 🔥
Chris Widmaier, wey be main mouthpiece for USTA, talk last month say dem no go ever stop anybody from talk their abuse tory, especially not Shriver. USTA no wan make Mischel dey available for interview talk.
For one deposition, Mischel talk say since Shriver don do fundraising work for USTA before, she come dey act as lawyer for organization and come dey warn Shriver make she no dey near Robert Allard, top lawyer for people wey dey sue for sexual abuse for sports. She describe Allard say e no be better person.
For one statement wey come out on Wednesday, Widmaier come talk say police wey dey check Burgos for 2014 ask make dem handle di matter coded to protect children, make dem no dey hurt again and no disturb police work. E say dem report di matter sharp sharp give police and dey help for investigation. E dey sure say Mischel dey act proper and follow law.
Since Shriver come out with her own abuse tory last year, she don become person wey dey support people wey dem don abuse for tennis. Before USTA and Kylie McKenzie case start, Shriver talk say Mischel meet her after USTA dinner for fundraising for California last year, come dey ask her about how she dey participate for di case.
When one lawyer wey dey represent USTA for McKenzie case ask Shriver if anybody for USTA don try stop her from talk about sexual abuse, she answer: “E depend on how you wan see di talk from Staciellen. My own be say dem dey warn me. And for my mind, e mean say make I no talk plenty.” 😠
Di way wey Mischel and Shriver dey exchange words don cause wahala between USTA and one of di best players for American tennis history. Dis person dey talk tennis for TV for ESPN and Tennis Channel, and e don do volunteer work for USTA before. After Shriver come testify for McKenzie side, with small time to reply di talk, USTA lawyers come dey try serve her paper for more question after U.S. Open finish. She no wan answer more questions wey go be like fight, so Shriver just dey her house till di time for more talk pass.
McKenzie, 24 years old from Arizona, carry USTA go court last year, and na Allard represent am. She talk say USTA no protect her from coach wey touch her body anyhow after practice for 2018 when she dey 19 and di coach 34. Before dat time, di coach don touch one USTA worker but di worker no talk am till dem dey check McKenzie own tory.
Gould, 23 years from California, wey play tennis for University of San Francisco, get plenty money for agreement with USTA for 2021 sake of dem no protect am and other players from Burgos, wey be known coach wey dey train children wey no get money and wey come from other country for half price of other coaches.
Before, dem don accuse Burgos say e dey touch young players for Tamalpais High School for Marin County, near San Francisco. For di 2010 case about him and school players, jury no fit decide so dem declare mistrial.
USTA no do anything against Burgos, and e come open private training place for East Bay city of Richmond, dey train young players for him house. USTA even give am money to travel with him team represent Northern California for big tournaments.
For 2014, one player tell police say Burgos ask for bad tins and when boy refuse, Burgos no give am gear or time to practice and e dey threaten say e go spoil him chance to join college. After dem hear about police investigation, USTA come suspend Burgos from their events.
But for di same mail wey she tell Steve Leube, leader for USTA Northern California about Burgos suspension, Mischel also tell Leube make e keep quiet about di tory. “All di info about dis matter, make we handle am with care and keep am coded,” Mischel talk.
E come be say Burgos come dey do bad tins to Gould. Gould talk say e no know about Mischel email till many years after, e say di tory shock am well well.
“If my parents know about this, dem no for allow me spend plenty hours dey practice for dis man place,” na wetin Gould talk, wey dey coach young players now. E talk say e hard am to talk di tory again two years after dem settle, but e no fit ignore am.
“E get how dem for handle am and how dem handle am,” e talk.
Allard and two other big voices for sexual abuse for sports, Marci Hamilton, founder of Child U.S.A., and Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic gold winner for swimming, call U.S. Congress on Thursday to check how USTA dey handle abuse mata. 🇺🇸
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U.S. Tennis Catching Heat for Putting a Lid on Sexual Abuse Talk, Including Pam Shriver 🎾🤐
The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) is catching mad shade right now. Word is, one of their top legal heads tried to keep things on the low about some sexual abuse stuff. Tennis icon Pam Shriver, with her 22 Grand Slam wins and her own survivor story, was even told to cool it on the topic.
So this past Monday, Stevie Gould, who won against USTA in court back in 2020 for not having the backs of young ballers in Cali against a dude who got a 255-year bid, put in some paperwork with the U.S. Center for Safesport. He’s trying to get Staciellen Mischel, the USTA’s deputy chief legal officer and a heavy hitter for the USTA Foundation, checked for her shady moves in his case and another case with a bad coach. 🚓
That Safesport report talks about some stuff in 2022, where Mischel apparently tried to check Shriver about her words on tennis-related abuse issues after they rolled from a fundraiser together. 😲
Shriver took that like she was told to zip it.
Gould’s saying in his complaint that Mischel had that same energy about nine years ago, before he got caught up. In 2014, she reportedly hit up a USTA Northern Cali leader on email, talking about they should keep things quiet on a coach named Normandie Burgos getting the side-eye and his time-out from USTA moves. Not long after, that coach started messing with Gould, leading to a bunch of charges.
Gould told Safesport that with Mischel’s moves, she shouldn’t be running things, especially if she’s putting young ballers in danger. 🔥
Now Chris Widmaier, the main mouthpiece for USTA, was out there saying they wouldn’t ever tell anyone, especially not Shriver, to keep quiet about abuse. Mischel? She wasn’t around to talk.
But in some official talk, Mischel was like, since Shriver was getting money for USTA, she stepped in as their lawyer and told her to steer clear of Robert Allard, a lawyer known for repping victims in sports-related sexual abuse. She was throwing shade at Allard, calling him sketchy.
Widmaier doubled down this Wednesday, saying back in 2014 when they were peeping into Burgos, the cops were like, “keep it low-key” to keep the kids safe and not mess up their investigation. He said they told the police ASAP and were straight up, feeling good about Mischel doing the right thing.
Now, Shriver has been in the spotlight since she shared her story last year, speaking up for those who’ve been through it in tennis. Before all the drama with USTA and Kylie McKenzie got started, Shriver was saying Mischel stepped to her after a USTA fundraiser in Cali the year before, asking about her two cents on the case.
When a lawyer repping USTA asked Shriver if USTA tried to mute her, she was like, “Depends on how you see what Staciellen said. I took it like she was telling me to keep it down.” 😠
That whole back-and-forth with Mischel and Shriver got USTA and one of the biggest names in U.S. tennis history looking sideways at each other. She ain’t just a player – she talks tennis on ESPN and the Tennis Channel and even gave back to the USTA. After Shriver stood up for McKenzie, USTA lawyers tried to hit her with some more papers after the U.S. Open. But she played it smart, stayed low, and let the clock run out on them.
Now, McKenzie, 24 and from Arizona, took USTA to court last year, with Allard in her corner. She says USTA didn’t have her back when a coach tried her after practice in 2018 when she was 19, and the dude was 34. Turns out, that same dude was wilding with a USTA worker, which only came out when they were looking into what happened with McKenzie.
Gould, 23 and from Cali, who was playing for the University of San Francisco, got his coins from USTA in 2021 because they didn’t protect him and other players from Burgos, a coach who was training kids from overseas for the low.
Burgos already had some side-eye for messing with young players at a high school near San Fran. In 2010, the jury couldn’t decide what was up, so it was a no-go.
But with all that, USTA didn’t check Burgos, let him run his own spot in Richmond, and even helped him and his squad represent Northern Cali in big matches.
In 2014, a player said Burgos was wilding out. Burgos wasn’t having it and started holding stuff back from the kid and even talked about messing up his chances to play in college. USTA found out the cops were on it and put Burgos on time-out.
But in that same email telling Steve Leube, the head of USTA Northern Cali, about the time-out, Mischel was also like, “let’s keep this on the down-low.”
That had Gould tripping when he found out years later.
“If my folks knew, they wouldn’t have me out there with him,” Gould said, who’s now coaching the next gen. It’s still heavy for him two years after the settlement, but he had to speak his truth.
“That’s not how it should’ve gone down,” he added.
Robert Allard, and some big voices in the game like Marci Hamilton, founder of Child U.S.A., and Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic gold medalist in swimming, are reaching out to Congress to put the spotlight on how USTA handles this stuff. 🇺🇸
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U.S. Tennis Accused of Silencing Sexual Abuse Discussions, including Pam Shriver 🎾🤐
The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) is grappling with allegations that one of their top lawyers tried to suppress information regarding sexual abuse. Even tennis legend Pam Shriver, who has won 22 Grand Slam titles and is herself an abuse survivor, is said to have been cautioned about speaking on the subject.
On Monday, former college player Stevie Gould, who won a lawsuit against USTA in 2020 for failing to protect young players in California from a convicted molester sentenced to 255 years in prison, filed a complaint with the U.S. Center for Safesport. He is calling for action against Staciellen Mischel, the USTA’s deputy chief legal officer and a top lawyer for the USTA Foundation, due to her alleged involvement in his case and another involving an abusive tennis coach. 🚓
The Safesport complaint details an incident from the spring of 2022, where Mischel reportedly cautioned Shriver, an International Tennis Hall of Famer, about her commentary on tennis-related abuse incidents after sharing a car ride post a fundraising dinner. 😲
Shriver interprets this as being told to stay silent on the matter.
Gould claims in the complaint that Mischel had used a similar approach about nine years ago, prior to the abuse he endured. In 2014, Mischel allegedly emailed a leader of the USTA’s Northern California section, suggesting they keep quiet about an investigation into a top coach named Normandie Burgos and his suspension from USTA activities. Shortly after, Burgos began abusing Gould, leading to multiple molestation charges.
Gould expressed to Safesport that Mischel is unfit for her role in the governing body, considering her actions a threat to the safety of children in tennis. 🔥
Chris Widmaier, the USTA’s main spokesperson, stated last month that they would never prevent anyone, especially not Shriver, from speaking out about abuse. Mischel was not made available for comment.
In a deposition, Mischel claimed that since Shriver had fundraised for USTA in the past, she acted as a lawyer for the organization, warning Shriver to stay away from Robert Allard, a prominent lawyer representing victims in sports-related sexual abuse cases. She described Allard as an unsavory character.
Widmaier reiterated on Wednesday that the police, during their 2014 investigation into Burgos, had requested discretion to protect the children and not hinder the police work. He said they reported the issue immediately to the police and cooperated fully, expressing confidence in Mischel’s adherence to proper procedure and the law.
Ever since Shriver revealed her own abuse story last year, she has been an advocate for abuse victims in tennis. Before the USTA and Kylie McKenzie case began, Shriver mentioned that Mischel approached her after a USTA fundraising dinner in California the previous year, inquiring about her involvement in the case.
When an attorney representing the USTA in the McKenzie case questioned Shriver about any attempts by the USTA to silence her, she replied, “It depends on how you interpret the words from Staciellen. I took it as a warning. In my view, it was a message to keep quiet.” 😠
The exchange between Mischel and Shriver has caused tension between the USTA and one of the most renowned figures in American tennis history. This individual, besides playing, also provides tennis commentary for ESPN and the Tennis Channel and has volunteered for the USTA. After Shriver testified on McKenzie’s behalf, with little time to respond, USTA lawyers sought to serve her additional legal papers post the U.S. Open. Avoiding a confrontational deposition, Shriver stayed home until the window for further questioning closed.
McKenzie, a 24-year-old from Arizona, sued the USTA last year, with Allard representing her. She alleges that the USTA failed to protect her from a coach who molested her post-practice in 2018 when she was 19, and the coach was 34. Prior to this, the same coach had assaulted a USTA worker, which was only revealed during the investigation into McKenzie’s claims.
Gould, 23 and from California, who played tennis for the University of San Francisco, secured a substantial settlement from USTA in 2021 due to their failure to protect him and other players from Burgos, a known coach who trained underprivileged children from abroad at half the usual rates.
Burgos had previously faced allegations of molesting young players at Tamalpais High School in Marin County, near San Francisco. In the 2010 case involving him and school players, the jury was undecided, leading to a mistrial.
Despite these charges, the USTA took no action against Burgos, allowing him to operate a private training facility in the East Bay city of Richmond, even funding his travels with his team to represent Northern California in major tournaments.
In 2014, a player reported that Burgos had made inappropriate advances. When he refused, Burgos allegedly withheld equipment, practice time, and threatened to ruin his college prospects. After learning about the police investigation, the USTA suspended Burgos from their events.
However, in the same email notifying Steve Leube, the head of USTA Northern California, of Burgos’ suspension, Mischel also allegedly instructed Leube to keep the matter under wraps. “Let’s handle this information delicately and keep it confidential,” Mischel supposedly wrote.
This came as a shock to Gould, who stated he was unaware of Mischel’s email until years later.
“If my parents had known, they wouldn’t have let me spend countless hours training with this man,” said Gould, who now coaches young players. While it’s tough for him to revisit the issue two years post-settlement, he felt the need to speak out.
“There’s a way it should have been handled, and the way it was handled,” he said.
Allard, joined by two other leading voices in sports-related sexual abuse, Marci Hamilton, founder of Child U.S.A., and Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic gold medalist in swimming, appealed to the U.S. Congress on Thursday to scrutinize the USTA’s handling of abuse cases. 🇺🇸
