Category: Crime
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ACCC targets swim school boss over investors’ missing millions | A Current Affair
The CEO of a swim school franchise has had his assets frozen by a judge amid an ACCC investigation and accusations from mum-and-dad investors.
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Young swimmer shocked by accusations against former Springboro teacher, swim coach
Parents are shocked and stunned after learning that a former Springboro teacher and swim coach is accused of having sexual contact with nearly 30 young students. John Austin Hopkins, once a 25-year-old physical education teacher with Springboro Schools, could now be facing time behind bars. Warren County Prosecutors said that Hopkins is facing numerous charges…
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SCDF ragging trial: NSF had said he could not swim moments before being pushed into well
The SCDF full-time national serviceman who drowned in a pump well had told his colleagues that he could not swim, moments before he was pushed into it. This is according to an SCDF officer, the first prosecution witness to take the stand in the trial of two officers allegedly involved in a ragging incident last…
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Woman Sexually Assaulted By Ex-Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner to Release Memoir
The woman who was sexually assaulted by college swimmer Brock Turner and confronted him in court before his sentencing is writing a memoir. Viking Books announced Wednesday that it would publish the book, currently untitled, by the woman known publicly as Emily Doe. The publisher declined comment on whether she will use her real name. Her memoir is…
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Swimming NZ faces Human Rights Tribunal over secret report
A litigious swimming coach; shocking allegations of “abortion doping”, sexual harassment and strip club visits with teenage swimmers; and the secret report officials refuse to release even after the intervention of the Privacy Commissioner. National Correspondent Dana Johannsen reports on the curious case of David Wright v Swimming NZ. Read Stuff
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Promising swimmer shot in Rome won’t walk again
Manuel Bortuzzo, a 20-year-old who was shot in front of a nightclub on Saturday night, will not walk again, a doctor at Rome’s San Camillo Hospital said on Tuesday. Bortuzzo, a promising swimmer, underwent a double surgery on Sunday to stop a thoracic hemorrhage and to remove the bullet that had lodged in his spine.…
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Former swimming champ sentenced for child rape, sexual abuse
A former French swimming champion and ex-manager of one of the country’s most successful hockey clubs was found guilty Wednesday of child rape and sexual abuse and sentenced to 12 years in jail. Vincent Leroyer, 61, was found guilty of abusing five boys between the ages of 6 and 14 when he managed the Rouen…
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Justice Department announces indictments of 7 Russians in hacking plot tied to Olympics doping scandal
Seven Russian GRU intelligence officers were charged with hacking computers associated with 250 athletes and anti-doping sports organizations in the USA and around the world, Justice Department officials announced Thursday. According to the 41-page indictment, the criminal activity was retaliation against people and organizations who revealed Russia’s doping program for its athletes – revelations that led to the stripping…
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Swim coach accused of molestation
A high school teacher and coach has been arrested in Roswell after an investigation led police to believe he had a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl. See CBS46