{"id":584134,"date":"2024-04-12T17:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T00:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584134"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:29:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T23:29:54","slug":"lawsuit-accuses-ex-kentucky-coach-lars-jorgensen-of-sexual-assault-school-accused-of-complicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lawsuit-accuses-ex-kentucky-coach-lars-jorgensen-of-sexual-assault-school-accused-of-complicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Kentucky Coach Lars Jorgensen of Sexual Assault; School Accused of &#8216;Complicity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Kentucky Coach Lars Jorgensen of Sexual Assault, School Accused of &#8216;Complicity&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Several months ago, <strong>Lars Jorgensen<\/strong> resigned as head swim coach at the University of Kentucky with no reason given.<\/p>\n<p>But there was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lars-jorgensen-resigns-as-university-of-kentucky-coach-amid-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a>, which has now led to a lawsuit.\u00a0The results of the investigation were reported <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5410705\/2024\/04\/12\/kentucky-swimming-lars-jorgensen-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by The Athletic<\/a> with Kentucky being accused of &#8220;complicity&#8221; and Jorgensen accused of committing sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the allegations against Jorgensen include raping two members of the swim program, masturbating in front of one of them, sending a picture of his genitalia and other suggestive messages to swimmers over social media. He was accused of raping the Kentucky staff member multiple times, the alleged victim told The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I didn\u2019t have a voice. I felt like if I told people I wouldn\u2019t be able to be in a profession I was so passionate about and loved. That was held over my head and I was told that quite often,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another former Kentucky swimmer reported a \u201cforced sexual assault\u201d by Jorgensen.<\/p>\n<p>All three alleged victims have spoken to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which is investigating Jorgensen.<\/p>\n<p>Jorgensen responded to the allegations by telling The Athletic, \u201cNone of that is true, so I don\u2019t really have much further comment. I\u2019ve always tried to lead in a positive manner and do what\u2019s best for each individual and the team overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two former Kentucky swimmers filed a lawsuit on Friday against Jorgensen, former Kentucky coach <strong>Gary Conelly<\/strong> and former athletic director <strong>Mitch Barnhart<\/strong> complaining about Kentucky&#8217;s &#8220;complicity and deliberate indifference&#8221; that enabled Jorgensen to &#8220;foster a toxic, sexually hostile environment with the swim program and to prey on, sexually harass, and commit horrific sexual assaults and violent rapes against young female coaches and collegiate athletes who were reliant on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Kentucky spokesperson wrote in an email to The Athletic: \u201cMr. Jorgensen is no longer an employee of the University of Kentucky. We do not, as a matter of policy, discuss specific personnel issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5410705\/2024\/04\/12\/kentucky-swimming-lars-jorgensen-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full Athletic story here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Kentucky Coach Lars Jorgensen of Sexual Assault, School Accused of &#8216;Complicity&#8217; Several months ago, Lars Jorgensen resigned as head swim coach at the University of Kentucky with no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59119,"featured_media":464570,"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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college"],"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>Lars Jorgensen Accused of Sexual Assault, School of &#039;Complicity&#039;<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Kentucky Coach Lars Jorgensen of Sexual Assault, School Accused of &#039;Complicity&#039; 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