Wake Up Call: Report Says US Soccer Federation CLO Ignored Abuse

Oct. 5, 2022, 12:09 PM UTC

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  • King & Spalding’s report for the US Soccer Federation alleges the federation’s former chief legal and compliance officer, Lydia Wahlke, was among executives who ignored or minimized women players’ complaints of sexual abuse and misconduct. Wahlke left the federation in 2020. (Corporate Counsel) King & Spalding partner Sally Q. Yates, the former US acting attorney general, led an all-women team of attorneys in a one year independent investigation into allegations of abuse and misconduct in women’s ...

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