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SafeSport was started to \u201cend all forms of abuse in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the reversal of a ban on a taekwondo coach could make athletes in every sport more uneasy about the process.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Center for SafeSport temporarily removed taekwondo coach Jean Lopez<\/strong> from its sanctioned database this week \u201cafter telling alleged victims who reported him for sexual misconduct that SafeSport wouldn\u2019t defend his ban without their in-person testimony at his appeal,\u201d USA Today reported.<\/p>\n

SafeSport does not have a rule that requires reporting parties to testify, so the decision is unprecedented and quickly became controversial.<\/p>\n

Other sports, such as USA Swimming, that have a SafeSport division are left to wonder if previously banned coaches have a chance at reinstatement under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n

Lopez was permanently banned by SafeSport in April after finding him in violation of the sexual misconduct code, including sexual misconduct involving a minor.<\/p>\n

SafeSport found that Jean Lopez had assaulted multiple women including Mandy Meloon<\/strong> and Heidi Gilbert, who are listed in a federal lawsuit against Jean and Steven Lopez<\/strong>. According to the SafeSport report, Lopez had “a decades long pattern of sexual misconduct” and used his status as a respected athlete and coach to “groom, manipulate, and, ultimately, sexually abuse younger female athletes” \u2014 including minors, multiple news sources reported at the time.<\/p>\n

Meloon told NPR<\/a> after the ban: “I feel like we made it to the other side. It’s like now the system is working.”<\/p>\n

Now, the feeling has changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I really wanted to believe in SafeSport. I was completely cooperating with them and I believed in the process,\u201d Meloon told USA Today. \u201cAnd now I\u2019m just, I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s not helpful because now people who have been assaulted and will be assaulted by these guys are not going to have anywhere to report it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c(SafeSport is) a paper tiger. They\u2019re hollow. They\u2019re not fulfilling their obligation to the athletes,\u201d attorney Stephen Estey told USA Today. \u201cIt gives people who have been banned a blueprint for how to get them lifted, he said. It also could have a chilling effect on those who\u2019ve been abused, he said, because it sends the message that SafeSport will only go so far to protect them,\u201d USA Today reported.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SafeSport released a statement about not commenting about specific instances: \u201cWhen a sanction is changed the Center will typically discuss it with all of the involved parties and\/or their advisors,\u201d the statement said. \u201cAs each matter comes with its own unique set of circumstances, the Center’s decisions are dependent on factors such as the availability of information, the status of the matter or arbitration, the parties’ willingness or ability to participate, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full USA Today report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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