Reckoning at San Jose State: Claims of coverup, retaliation in sex abuse scandal grow
Swim coach Sage Hopkins finally let it all spill out.
After 12 years of meticulously documented, relentless attempts to shake the hierarchy of San Jose State University into protecting female athletes from an athletic trainer accused of sexual abuse, the two-time conference coach of the year wrote an explosive letter almost two months ago to the school’s top official, Mary Papazian, declaring “the buck stops with you, the President.”
In it, Hopkins castigated university leaders, especially Athletic Director Marie Tuite, for ignoring his efforts – year after year after year – to keep trainer Scott Shaw away from female athletes and accused them of retaliating against him for not giving up.
“Your administration attempted to bully and silence me in a revolting and abusive attempt to silence the victims of Scott Shaw and protect those administrators’ roles in the coverup and enabling of this abuse,” the swim coach wrote in the letter obtained by the Bay Area News Group.
Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/25/reckoning-at-san-jose-state-claims-of-coverup-retaliation-in-sex-abuse-scandal-grow/
(San Jose Mercury News)
