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Today, the City Council recognized Sage Hopkins-SJSU's Swimming & Diving Head Coach- & Steve O'Brien-former SJSU Deputy Athletic Director- for their actions exposing sexual abuse allegations. They prioritized the safety of their athletes at great cost to themselves.
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EDITORIAL: San Jose State administrators and the California State University Board of Trustees should be ashamed of their mishandling of Scott Shaw’s decade-long sexual misconduct allegations and terminate administrators who allowed it to happen.
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San Jose State athletic director Marie Tuite’s former deputy sued her and the CSU System trustees today.
Steve O’Brien says Tuite fired him for resisting her orders to discipline the whistleblower in the sex abuse case against Scott Shaw.
w/ @RachelAxon
https://t.co/5qeWPa78dC
Other news in this story:
- SJSU athletic director Marie Tuite has been found responsible for retaliating against the women’s swim coach who re-reported his athletes’ complaints.
- The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into Shaw.
In April, @USATODAY reported that San Jose State was reinvestigating sexual abuse claims 17 female athletes made against director of sports medicine Scott Shaw.
The CSU System found him responsible in at least five cases today.
Story w/ @kennyjacoby
https://t.co/njFAv7JuB7
In April, USA TODAY revealed sexual abuse allegations from a decade ago by 17 athletes against SJSU sports medicine director Scott Shaw.
Today, a series of state investigations found him responsible for at least five of the women’s claims.
w/ @RachelAxon
https://t.co/cPt9jfDy31
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Top @SJSU officials, including the AD and president, engaged in a pattern of covering up sexual abuse and NCAA violations and retaliating against those who’ve reported it, says a tort claim filed by the former deputy athletic director.
w/ @RachelAxon
https://t.co/6SsNytGLFD
Scott Shaw served as the university's director of sports medicine since 2008. Seventeen female athletes accused him of sexual misconduct in 2009. But the school closed the case the next year with a finding of no wrongdoing. Many of those women spoke to @USATODAY.