Swimming Olympic swimmer describes coach's 'abusive, manipulative' behavior Ariana Kukors publishes essay online addressing her experience with Sean Hutchinson, who had ‘perfected the art of grooming’ Ariana Kukors in 2010. Kukors wrote that the inquiry in January 2011, when she was 21, consisted of her talking to a private investigator by phone and answering fewer than 20 questions. When USA Swimming closed the investigation several weeks later, saying they had found no wrongdoing and calling rumors against Hutchinson “malicious lies”, “that shut me up real quick”, she said. “At no time did I ever abuse Ariana Kukors or do anything with her that was not consensual,” he said in a statement on Thursday. A message to his attorney and an email to a spokeswoman for USA Swimming seeking comment on the essay were not immediately returned.

Source: The Guardian February 10, 2018 16:41 UTC