US Center for SafeSport fires CEO Ju'Riese Colón, the latest sign of crisis for the Olympic watchdog

APNews - 02:07
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has fired CEO Ju’Riese Colón. Colón’s departure is the latest and most visceral sign of a crisis that began after revelations the center had hired an investigator who would later be charged with rape.

DENVER (AP) — Ju’Riese Colon has been fired as CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport in the latest and most visceral sign of a crisis that began after revelations the center had hired an investigator who would later be charged with rape.

The center told The Associated Press about Colon’s removal Tuesday in an email. It brought an abrupt end to a tenure that began in 2019, when she was hired to help the then-2-year-old center, which was established to combat sex abuse in Olympic sports, bring its operation to full speed.

The center said its board chair, April Holmes, would lead an interim management committee composed of board members while they search for Colon’s replacement.

“We are grateful for Ju’Riese’s leadership and service,” Holmes said in the statement sent to the AP. “As we look ahead, we will continue to focus on the Center’s core mission of changing sport culture to keep athletes safe from abuse.”

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