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Arnim Whisler to Sell His Majority Stake in the Chicago Red Stars

There’s been so much NWSL news coming out today. According to Sportico, Arnim Whisler, former owner of the Chicago Red Stars, has reached out to a third party to facilitate the sale of his majority stake in the Chicago Red Stars.

Arnim Whisler, like Merritt Paulson, was also named in the Sally Yates Investigation. Whisler knew players on the Chicago Red Stars were being abused by former Red Stars Head Coach, Rory Dames, and did nothing to stop the abuse. Whisler played dumb during the investigation and acted like he knew nothing about it, despite many players coming forward and saying they told him about Rory Dames’s behavior. Whisler defended Dames, allowing the abuse to continue, and dismissing complaints from the players.

I covered the Rory Dames abuse scandal in great detail and below are the links to videos I did covering Rory Dames and Arnim Whisler. Word of warning though, the subject matter is intense and very disturbing. If you are sensitive to that, or feel uncomfortable, I recommend that you do not watch it. I also have the 319 page Sally Yates Investigation Report linked below.

Sally Yates Full Investigation Report:

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Led by former U.S. deputy attorney general Sally Yates, the investigation also exposed an NWSL leadership that repeatedly chose to ignore players when they spoke out. Two of the players named in the report who filed complaints, Christen Press and Samantha Johnson, are Black. They stepped forward in a league that has historically been overwhelmingly white, despite soccer being the most global of sports, and played in a country that deliriously labeled itself a melting pot. When Press and Johnson spoke up, they faced the same backlash other Black women have received time and time again for refusing to remain silent about their toxic workplaces. Two other players in the report, Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly, are gay, and were specifically targeted because of their sexual orientation.

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Members of Congress Call for U.S. Soccer to Cooperate With Investigation

Members of Congress Call for U.S. Soccer to Cooperate With Investigation

On Tuesday, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) and 43 other members of Congress published an open letter to U.S. Soccer calling for the organization’s cooperation with an investigation into systemic abuse across the NWSL. The letter was issued approximately a month after the results of former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates’s investigation were released, which found that “abuse in the…

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Special Counsel Durham Fails Again

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Oct. 20, 2022.--Special Counsel John Durhram (R-Conn.), 72, lost another case in trial, this time with 44-year-old Igor Danchenko accused to lying to FBI agents about his role in feeding former British MI6 Agent Christopher Steele fake information about 76-year-old former President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to the Kremlin.  Durham was commissioned in Dec. 2020 by 72-year-old former Atty. Gen. Bill Barr.  Barr wanted Durham to investigate the Russian Hoax, a five-year witch-hunt to tie Trump to the Kremlin to discredit his 2016 presidential campaign.  Danchenko gave Steele fake information about Trump’s alleged ties to prostitutes in Moscow, something former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gladly used to discredit Trump’s 2016 campaign.  When the dust settled Nov. 3, 2016, Trump has won the presidency over what looked like one of the great political hoaxes in U.S. history.

Durham’s latest failure in federal court was touted by U.S. media organizations as the death knell to his over two-year investigation.  New York Times, Washington Post and Associated Press [AP] all proclaimed Durham’s work a failure, proving that the years of fraudulent news stories tying Trump to the Kremlin was the epitome of fake news.  Barr understood but couldn’t prosecute any of the Obama administration players that participated in the Russian Hoax against Trump.  Former President Barrack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, former, former Deputy Atty. Gen. Sally Yates, former Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein, former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan all participated in the conspiracy to frame Trump as a Russian asset during the 2016 campaign and his presidency.

Brennan and Comey readily participated in the conspiracy after given Hillary’s Steele Dossier by the late Sen. John McCain (R-Az.), fabricating claims about Trump’s ties to Putin and the Kremlin.  It didn’t matter in the summer of 2016 whether the Steele Dossier was considered fake or not.  All that counted were fake charges against Trump that he was part of wider conspiracy to steal the 2016 presidential election.  McCain, a known enemy of Trump, Comey gladly handed the Steele Dossier to Brennan and Comey.  McCain would have done anything, like Hillary, to prevent Trump from becoming president.  All three  conspired to concoct a counterintelligence investigation into Trump accusing him and his foreign policy aid Carter Page of conspiring with Russia.  Comey went to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] court to claim he needed a warrant to wiretap Page’s phone.

Comey’s affidavit to the FISA court omitted the fact that Page worked previously for the CIA.  Former FISA Court chief justice Rosemary Collyer said if she knew Carter worked for the Agency, she would have never granted the warrant.  Comey’s rogue investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to Moscow was never questioned by anyone, especially those that knew that Hillary’s Steele Dossier was total fabrication.  Steele was forced to admit in open court that there were no underlying sources because he deliberately deleted all the source files to the dossier.  So, the longstanding fraud approved by Obama and Biden, run through the Department of Justice, FBI, CIA and NSA, was widely reported by the U.S. media as factual. So now that Durham failed again to get any traction in federal court, the fake news claims victory.  It’s not victory when the U.S. press participates in the Russian hoax.

No one was more guilty of conspiracy than 62-yar-old former FBI Director James Comey, who acted clueless and dumbfounded when Barr accused him April 10, 2019 of spying on the Trump campaign.  Opening up a counterintelligence investigation based on the fake Steele Dossier, Barr wanted, as his last act as attorney general, to appoint Durham as Special Counsel to get to the bottom of the fake investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to Russia.  When Trump fired Comey May 8, 2017, Democrats and the fake news went crazy, pressuring Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein to appoint 77-year-old former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel.  Democrats saw the Russian hoax and Mueller investigation as their best way of getting rid of Trump.  All House Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), believed the Steele Dossier.

All the euphoria in the U.S. press is completely misguided, recognizing they played an integral role in promoting the Russian Hoax.  No a single story written by the New York Times, Washington Post and reported nightly on major TV and cable networks had a shred of validity, all promoting the fake Steele Dossier against Trump like the bible.  Rep. Adam Schiff, even after Mueller concluded his 22-month, $40 million probe saying there was no criminal conspiracy with Trump or his campaign, insisted he had all the facts necessary to prove Trump was a Russian asset.  House and Senate Democrats today still believe Trump worked with the Kremlin to get elected in 2016.  Democrats and the U.S. press used the Steele Dossier knowing it was completely fake.  Steele came closest to admitting as much in a civil trial in 2019.  Yet Democrats and the media rejoice Durham’s failures.

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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.

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[ad_1] LONDON: England's gamers will be a part of forces with the US ladies's staff to indicate solidarity with victims of the abuse scandal that has rocked soccer in America forward of Friday's sell-out match at Wembley. A bombshell report printed on Monday following a year-long investigation by former US lawyer basic Sally Yates detailed systemic sexual abuse and misconduct within the US home sport. England ahead Beth Mead stated Thursday she was "sickened" by the revelations, whereas head coach Sarina Wiegman referred to as the scenario "horrible" and "unacceptable". "We're in contact with the American team and some of the players," stated Mead. "We're working on something to show our support for them. Nothing has been finalised yet but we will be doing something. "When I came upon, I used to be sickened by the scenario. It's a worldwide drawback however ladies have to be taken significantly. (I'm) very happy with the victims that really stood up and stated it. "People need to start doing better, the US governing body needs to be doing better, worldwide we need to be doing better." Governing physique US Soccer stated it might act instantly to implement reforms following the report, which included interviews with greater than 200 National Women's Soccer League gamers. US head coach Vlatko Andonovski stated earlier this week that members of his squad could be given the choice of sitting out this week's sport pitting the world champions towards European champions England in the event that they determined they weren't in the appropriate way of thinking. England boss Wiegman echoed Mead's feedback about abuse in ladies's sport being a wider situation. "My first reaction is that it is horrible, unacceptable that it's still happening and I feel very sorry for all of the victims," stated the Dutch coach. "It should stop immediately of course, we all agree on that. "This drawback within the USA. I feel it is a worldwide drawback nonetheless and it is simply actually the time now that all of us step up and cease this stuff." !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps )( window, document, 'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js', );if(typeof window !== 'undefined') [ad_2] Source link

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Abuse in women's pro soccer was an "open secret": Why did so few speak out?

Abuse in women’s pro soccer was an “open secret”: Why did so few speak out?

An investigation has found that widespread abuse of players in U.S. women’s professional soccer existed despite some of the behavior of coaches being “an open secret.” Based on more than 200 interviews, the report – led by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates – highlighted systemic verbal and emotional abuse against players, and sexual misconduct by coaches. The allegations open a…

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England pledge support for US women's football team after abuse scandal | Football News - Times of India

England pledge support for US women’s football team after abuse scandal | Football News – Times of India

LONDON: England‘s players will join forces with the US women’s team to show solidarity with victims of the abuse scandal that has rocked football in America ahead of Friday’s sell-out match at Wembley. A bombshell report published on Monday following a year-long investigation by former US attorney general Sally Yates detailed systemic sexual abuse and misconduct in the US domestic game. England…

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England pledge support for US women's football team after abuse scandal | Football News - Times of India

England pledge support for US women’s football team after abuse scandal | Football News – Times of India

LONDON: England‘s players will join forces with the US women’s team to show solidarity with victims of the abuse scandal that has rocked football in America ahead of Friday’s sell-out match at Wembley. A bombshell report published on Monday following a year-long investigation by former US attorney general Sally Yates detailed systemic sexual abuse and misconduct in the US domestic game. England…

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Merritt Paulson to sell the Portland Thorns

Merritt Paulson, owner of the Portland Thorns and Portland Timbers, announced Thursday (December 1, 2022), that he intends to sell the Portland Thorns. However, despite selling the Thorns, Merritt Paulson will still retain ownership and control of the Portland Timbers. Fans are not happy about this, and many have voiced that Paulson should sell both the Timber and Thorns.

This is coming months after the Sally Yates investigation uncovered rampant abuse and cover-ups in US Soccer and the NWSL. Merritt Paulson, according to the Yates Investigation, knew players on the Portland Thorns were being sexually abused by former Thorns Head Coach, Paul Riley. Paulson even supported and praised Riley when he was hired as head coach of the North Carolina Courage. Riley was then fired as head coach after former players, Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim, came forward with their stories last year, detailing sexual abuse and coercion at the hands of Paul Riley, when they were playing for the Portland Thorns.

If you need a refresher, or if you would like more information about the Yates Investigation, below are links to videos I did covering the Sally Yates Investigation, and the fallout of the investigation. I also have the full 319 page investigation report linked below as well.

Sally Yates Full Investigation Report:

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Abuse in women's professional soccer was an 'open secret' – the 'bystander effect' and structural barriers prevented more players from speaking out

Abuse in women’s professional soccer was an ‘open secret’ – the ‘bystander effect’ and structural barriers prevented more players from speaking out

An investigation has found that widespread abuse of players in U.S. women’s professional soccer existed despite some of the behavior of coaches being “an open secret.” Based on more than 200 interviews, the report – led by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates – highlighted systemic verbal and emotional abuse against players, and sexual misconduct by coaches. The allegations open a…

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Yates report explained: Key findings, why the abuse was so widespread, what’s next for the NWSL

Yates report explained: Key findings, why the abuse was so widespread, what’s next for the NWSL

11:19 AM ET An investigation commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and conducted by former U.S. deputy attorney general Sally Yates was released Monday, and it includes revelations that are sure to send shockwaves throughout women’s soccer and raise tough questions about accountability and player safety. The report’s findings focus heavily on three coaches in the National Women’s Soccer…

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USWNT Captain Becky Sauerbrunn wants executives who enabled abuse "gone"

USWNT Captain Becky Sauerbrunn wants executives who enabled abuse “gone”

A shocked Becky Sauerbrunn, the often stoic US women’s national team captain, said a day after a detailed report commissioned by US Soccer that she and her teammates were “appalled and heartbroken and frustrated and exhausted and really, really angry.” “. Systemic abuse in women’s football. The report, released Monday after a year-long investigation led by former federal prosecutor Sally Yates,…

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Sally Yates-Led Investigation Finds ‘Systemic’ Sexual Misconduct And Abuse In Women’s Soccer https://t.co/TKrfckKgwl

Sally Yates-Led Investigation Finds ‘Systemic’ Sexual Misconduct And Abuse In Women’s Soccer https://t.co/TKrfckKgwl

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NWSL abuse allegations are a familiar story in sports

NWSL abuse allegations are a familiar story in sports

When U.S. Soccer commissioned an investigation by King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates and the results revealed widespread, “systemic abuse and misconduct” across the NWSL and women’s soccer as a whole, many of the findings felt eerily familiar. Three coaches—Paul Riley, Rory Dames and Christy Holly—had all been accused of verbal abuse and/or sexual misconduct. Officials in charge downplayed…

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Investigation reveals ´systemic abuse´ in US women´s professional soccer

Investigation reveals ´systemic abuse´ in US women´s professional soccer

An independent investigation has found “systemic abuse and misconduct” within women’s professional soccer in the United States. U.S. Soccer on Monday released the findings of the year-long investigation, led by former Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, after over 200 interviews had taken place. The report stated that over the nearly 10-year history of the […] The post Investigation reveals…

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[ad_1] Paul Riley, seen right here in July 2020, is among the many former NWSL coaches whose conduct is detailed within the investigative report by Sally Q. Yates into abuse within the league. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images cover caption toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Paul Riley, seen right here in July 2020, is among the many former NWSL coaches whose conduct is detailed within the investigative report by Sally Q. Yates into abuse within the league. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A new investigative report particulars sexual misconduct, verbal abuse, and sexual coercion by coaches within the National Women's Soccer League – and an absence of motion by these in cost to deal with the issues, regardless of years of complaints from gamers about sure coaches. The unbiased report was written by Sally Q. Yates, the previous performing U.S. Attorney General, who was tapped by U.S. Soccer to research complaints that rocked the league a yr in the past amid experiences by The Athletic and The Washington Post. Here are the important thing takeaways from Yates' report – and what might occur subsequent. Verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct was systemic The report focuses on conduct by three NWSL coaches – Paul Riley, Rory Dames and Christy Holly – and the inaction taken by groups, the league, and the US Soccer Federation following complaints about them. But the report makes clear that the issues weren't nearly three males. "Our investigation has revealed a league in which abuse and misconduct—verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct—had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims," it says. "Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women's soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players." In a name with reporters on Monday, Yates stated "from youth soccer on up, sexist or demeaning statements have been written off as 'tough coaching.' " And as she notes within the report, the gamers affected by the verbal and emotional abuse they describe within the NWSL "are not shrinking violets. They are among the best athletes in the world." While the report targeted on the three coaches, the fallout within the USWL has been larger still: the league's commissioner, Lisa Baird, resigned after about 19 months on the job, and several other coaches within the league resigned or had been fired. U.S Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone said in a statement Monday that she is "heartbroken by the contents of the report, which make clear that systemic changes are needed at every level of our game." The NWSL said it would "immediately review" the report, and notes the league's personal investigation is ongoing. It stated it will use the findings of each experiences to assist in implementing "systemic reform and ensuring that the NWSL is a league where players are supported." Abusive coaches had been capable of transfer to new golf equipment after being fired Complaints about coaches apparently had little impression on their profession prospects. Instead, these coaches had been capable of transfer on to new groups with no public point out of their reported abusive conduct. "[A]busive coaches moved from team to team, laundered by press releases thanking them

for their service, and positive references from teams that minimized or even concealed misconduct," the report says. "Those at the NWSL and USSF in a position to correct the record stayed silent. And no one at the teams, the League, or the Federation demanded better of coaches." Some of these concerned refused to cooperate with the investigation While the report is kind of detailed and runs to greater than 300 pages, Yates and her workforce weren't capable of safe interviews with everybody they sought to speak to. "Certain witnesses— including the former Commissioner of the NWSL, Jeff Plush—never responded to our outreach. Others refused to be interviewed, some because they feared retaliation. Still others—including former USSF Chief Executive Officer Dan Flynn—agreed only to respond to written questions, rather than sit for an interview. Certain teams did not fully cooperate, notwithstanding public statements to the contrary," the report says. The groups on the coronary heart of the investigation additionally interfered with it, in line with the report. "The Portland Thorns interfered with our access to relevant witnesses and raised specious legal arguments in an attempt to impede our use of relevant documents. Racing Louisville FC refused to produce documents concerning Christy Holly and would not permit witnesses (even former employees) to answer relevant questions regarding Holly's tenure, citing non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements it signed with Holly. The Chicago Red Stars unnecessarily delayed the production of relevant documents over the course of nearly nine months." Still, the investigation was sweeping, together with greater than 100 interviews with present and former gamers within the NWSL and on the U.S. Women's National Team. Those in cost did little about gamers' complaints It wasn't that gamers did not complain, Yates stated on Monday within the name with reporters: It was that the groups, the league, and the US Soccer Federation did little as pink flags had been raised. Players "repeatedly brought their concerns to the teams, to the league, and to the Federation, which founded and acted as manager of the league during much of the relevant time period." "But those who were in a position to make a difference, didn't," stated Yates. "They not only failed to respond appropriately to evidence of abuse, they had also failed to institute the most basic measures to prevent and address these issues to begin with, even as some of them privately acknowledged the need for these things like an anti-harassment policy. Without these protections in place and without the transparency necessary to ensure misconduct wasn't swept under the rug, abusive coaches moved from team to team." The report recommends various fixes – together with enforcement by U.S. Soccer Yates's report ends with a collection of suggestions geared toward stopping abuse sooner or later, holding these accountable accountable, bettering transparency, and "fostering a professional environment where players are treated with respect." That skilled surroundings is essential: on the decision with reporters, Yates famous that previous to the brand new collective bargaining settlement, a lot of the league's gamers made lower than $31,000 a yr and lots of features of their lives had been tied to the groups they performed on, together with housing, medical therapy, and whether or not or not they bought taking part in time. "So many aspects of a player's life was controlled as a result of the job that they did. The result was that some players were afraid to speak up. For players that felt safe in speaking up, they told us that they often didn't know where they could go to begin with. Most teams didn't have HR departments. There was no one identified at the Federation or at the league for such complaints. There wasn't even an anonymous reporting line until the league established one in 2021," Yates stated.

Among the report's suggestions: Teams ought to be required to precisely disclose misconduct to the NWSL and U.S. Soccer to make sure that abusive coaches don't transfer from workforce to workforce U.S. Soccer ought to require significant vetting of coaches and droop the teaching licenses of those that commit misconduct U.S. Soccer "should require the NWSL to conduct timely investigations into allegations of abuse, impose appropriate discipline, and immediately disseminate investigation outcomes" U.S. Soccer, the league, and groups ought to every designate somebody inside their organizations who's answerable for participant security U.S. Soccer ought to require the NWSL to yearly solicit and act on participant suggestions together with participant surveys, in addition to a confidential reporting line And one of many report's suggestions takes intention at coaches who've an excessive amount of management over gamers' lives: "Teams and the NWSL should take measures to ensure coaches do not have undue control over players. For example, a team's head coach generally should not serve in other roles of authority, like General Manager. Nor should coaches have sole authority over player trades, housing, medical decisions, or other aspects of a player's life off the field." But Yates's report was commissioned by U.S. Soccer, which at the moment has restricted direct management over particular person groups – although it does have oversight of the NWSL. The report urges the NSWL take accountability for guaranteeing that groups take the really helpful actions, and that U.S. Soccer in flip imposes such a requirement on the NWSL, if essential. U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone stated the "abuse described in the report is entirely inexcusable and has no place in soccer, on or off the field. Along with everyone at U.S. Soccer, I am squarely focused on the changes we will make to address the report's findings and make soccer safer for everyone. It will take all of U.S. Soccer's membership working together to create the kind of change needed to ensure our athletes are safe." [ad_2] Source link