Swim Coaches in Trouble

April 2011: USA Swimming receives a report from a former swimmer who had heard from his roommate that Mr. Curl had an inappropriate relationship with a minor female swimmer in the 1980s and that a confidential legal settlement had been entered into. USA Swimming initiates an investigation. and this In the spring of 2011, I came forward and, with the assistance of an attorney, presented a claim against Rick Curl with USA Swimming. We provided USA Swimming with a copy of the settlement agreement signed by Curl which constituted an admission of his guilt. Still nothing was done. In July of 2012, Curl was sitting prominently and generally treated as royalty during the United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Incensed, I hired attorney Robert Allard to present another claim in July of 2012. I am not certain what should be done with/about the pre-2011 information. But there seems to be some agreement that SOMETHING started in April 2011. The question is: Did the seriousness of the evidence presented in April 2011 (not the seriousness of the alleged crime) match the seriousness of the launched investigation? Mr. Weilgus says the information came 2nd hand. Ms. Currin says it came from a lawyer. Mr. Weilgus says they received a report of a settlement, Ms. Currin says they received a copy of the settlement. Ascertaining the facts on these two issues determines if USA Swimming's response level was appropriate. Quite plainly if a lawyer came to USA swimming with a copy of a legal settlement signed by Rick Curl, he needed to be removed from practice that very day. Since USA swimming did not do that, either Ms. Currin is misrepresenting or Mr. Weilgus needs to be fired immediately.

April 2011: USA Swimming receives a report from a former swimmer who had heard from his roommate that Mr. Curl had an inappropriate relationship with a minor female swimmer in the 1980s and that a confidential legal settlement had been entered into. USA Swimming initiates an investigation. and this In the spring of 2011, I came forward and, with the assistance of an attorney, presented a claim against Rick Curl with USA Swimming. We provided USA Swimming with a copy of the settlement agreement signed by Curl which constituted an admission of his guilt. Still nothing was done. In July of 2012, Curl was sitting prominently and generally treated as royalty during the United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Incensed, I hired attorney Robert Allard to present another claim in July of 2012. I am not certain what should be done with/about the pre-2011 information. But there seems to be some agreement that SOMETHING started in April 2011. The question is: Did the seriousness of the evidence presented in April 2011 (not the seriousness of the alleged crime) match the seriousness of the launched investigation? Mr. Weilgus says the information came 2nd hand. Ms. Currin says it came from a lawyer. Mr. Weilgus says they received a report of a settlement, Ms. Currin says they received a copy of the settlement. Ascertaining the facts on these two issues determines if USA Swimming's response level was appropriate. Quite plainly if a lawyer came to USA swimming with a copy of a legal settlement signed by Rick Curl, he needed to be removed from practice that very day. Since USA swimming did not do that, either Ms. Currin is misrepresenting or Mr. Weilgus needs to be fired immediately.