{"id":516249,"date":"2022-11-13T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T18:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=516249"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:21:33","slug":"paralympic-champion-swimmer-robert-griswold-accused-of-sexual-abuse-in-colorado-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympic-champion-swimmer-robert-griswold-accused-of-sexual-abuse-in-colorado-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympic Champion Swimmer Robert Griswold Accused of Sexual Abuse in Colorado Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6F234CCD-7647-D69D-F2BD-6E5E9D80BF65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\"><strong>Paralympic Champion Swimmer Robert Griswold Accused of Sexual Abuse in Colorado Lawsuit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6F234CCD-7647-D69D-F2BD-6E5E9D80BF65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">A lawsuit has been filed against U.S. Paralympic swimmer <strong>Robert<\/strong> <strong>Griswold<\/strong>, accusing him of sexually abusing a younger Paralympic teammate.\u00a0The suit was filed on Friday in Colorado and alleges Griswold &#8220;maliciously targeted&#8221; an intellectually disabled teammate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/12\/sport\/robert-griswold-rape-accusation-teammate-paralympic-swimming-spt-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a CNN story<\/a> and other reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6F234CCD-7647-D69D-F2BD-6E5E9D80BF65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cThis case is a horrific tragedy, where a young man who defied all odds to become a world-class Paralympic swimmer had his life utterly shattered by rape and abuse when he was paired with a team member who was a violent sexual predator,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6F234CCD-7647-D69D-F2BD-6E5E9D80BF65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/paralympic-sex-assault-lawsuit-filed-involving-colorado-springs-denver-sports-facilities\/article_3e653c52-6317-11ed-9b0a-c3dedf0c4bb9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Gazette<\/a><\/em>, the lawsuit also alleged that the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the United States Center for SafeSport covered up the abuse. Griswold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympics-day-10-men-evan-austin-robert-griswold-end-games-with-golds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Paralympic champion<\/a>, was suspended temporarily by the U.S. Center for SafeSport in August because of \u201callegations of misconduct\u201d and placed on the SafeSport database.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_09CFBEB7-138F-DF7E-FE6E-6E7499332722@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">According to the suit, Griswold allegedly abused a 19-year-old swimmer who suffered from developmental delay and intellectual disability his entire life making him \u201csignificantly more vulnerable to abuse,\u201d during the Tokyo Paralympic Games and at the U.S. Olympic &amp; Paralympic Training Center (OPTC) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_09CFBEB7-138F-DF7E-FE6E-6E7499332722@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The CNN report describes how Griswold &#8220;made a concerted effort to \u2018befriend\u2019&#8221; the victim at the June 2021 Paralympic Trials, and at the Games, Griwsold &#8220;ensured that (the plaintiff) was always &#8216;seated next to him on plane and bus rides and was given prolonged unsupervised access.'&#8221; The suit alleges that &#8220;the USOPC observed Griswold engaging in this conduct and allowed it to continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_09CFBEB7-138F-DF7E-FE6E-6E7499332722@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">In December 2021, after the plaintiff won three events at the U.S. Paralympic Championships, he was invited to live and train at the OPTC, and he and Griswold became roommates. The abuse intensified during that time, and when his parents expressed their concerns, &#8220;USOPC declined to respond to the issue,&#8221; according to the lawsuit (via CNN).<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_09CFBEB7-138F-DF7E-FE6E-6E7499332722@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cRobert Griswold is the devil to me,\u201d the victim wrote in a letter to the USOPC, <a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/paralympic-sex-assault-lawsuit-filed-involving-colorado-springs-denver-sports-facilities\/article_3e653c52-6317-11ed-9b0a-c3dedf0c4bb9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the <em>Denver Gazette<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 The <em>Gazette<\/em> also reported that he told his parents that he is afraid that Griswold would kill him. Eventually, the swimmer &#8220;had to make the difficult decision to leave behind his lifelong dream&#8221; of Paralympic swimming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2166BDDA-3196-AE59-B7CD-6E7517EAA225@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The lawsuit also alleges Griswold had a pattern of grooming potential vulnerable athletes as victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2166BDDA-3196-AE59-B7CD-6E7517EAA225@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cGriswold used his status in the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming community to carry out a systematic pattern of abuse, whereby he would seek out and groom vulnerable athletes, specifically minor and disabled Paralympic athletes living and training at the United States Olympic &amp; Paralympic Training Center located in Colorado,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2166BDDA-3196-AE59-B7CD-6E7517EAA225@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2166BDDA-3196-AE59-B7CD-6E7517EAA225@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\"><em>Editorial note: The original version of this story has been edited to remove the name of the plaintiff in the case. Though the victim was named in reporting around the lawsuit, Swimming World has edited the story to reflect a policy of not naming victims of abuse without explicit permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paralympic Champion Swimmer Robert Griswold Accused of Sexual Abuse in Colorado Lawsuit A lawsuit has been filed against U.S. Paralympic swimmer Robert Griswold, accusing him of sexually abusing a younger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":377138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077],"tags":[35190,70336],"class_list":["post-516249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","tag-robert-griswold","tag-safesport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Robert Griswold Accused of Sexual Abuse in Colorado Lawsuit<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paralympic Champion Swimmer Robert Griswold Accused of Sexual Abuse in Colorado Lawsuit. 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