National sporting physique is being sued for allegedly failing to act on horrific sex abuse claims by a star para-athlete
- Â Para-athlete is suing the Australian Sports Commission
- Â Athlete claims she was sexually abused whereas on the AIS
- Â It’s claimed sporting physique had been notified and failed to act
The Australian Sports Commission is being sued for allegedly failing to act towards sex abuse claims raised by a high-performance para-athlete and worker of the Australian Institute of Sport.
It is alleged the 24-year-old girl was bodily and sexually assaulted by her then associate on the AIS in Canberra on 4 separate events in 2020.
It’s additional claimed the organisation was made conscious of the abuse, however did nothing to cease it and continued to roster the pair on for work collectively.
Shine Lawyers Abuse Legal follow supervisor Thomas Wallace-Pannell maintained the AIS and ASC had failed the athlete.
‘We allege the establishment charged with serving to her reside her desires ended up crushing them, and that the ASC, because the governing physique of the AIS, failed in its responsibility of care to shield our consumer from her abuser.’
The Australian Sports Commission is being sued for allegedly failing to act towards sex abuse claims raised by a para-athlete and worker of the Australian Institute of Sport
It is alleged the 24-year-old girl was bodily and sexually assaulted by her then associate on the AIS in Canberra on 4 separate events in 2020
The declare is alleged to be one of many first of its sort filed towards the organisation and follows the ASC’s formal apology to abuse survivors in May 2021.
The Commission additionally established its personal restorative justice program.
Wallace-Pannell stated this system was merely a means of stopping each current and historic abuse inside the organisation from coming to mild.
‘The program to compensate survivors is grossly insufficient and doesn’t signify something shut to ‘restoration’ of the everlasting harms inflicted on our nation’s most promising and gifted athletes on the AIS,’ he stated.