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Sex Abuse

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Curl Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse

The former swim coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female swim student in the 1980s.

Rick Curl, a former swim coach who trained Olympic athletes and founded a prominent Washington, DC-area swim club, pleaded guilty Thursday to sex abuse, The Washington Post reports. Curl is accused of having a sexual relationship with his former swim student, Kelley Currin, in the 1980s, when Currin was a teenager and Curl was in his 30s. Currin and Curl both appeared in court Thursday, The Post reports. Curl, 63, has stepped down from his position at the Curl-Burke Swim Club, now known as the Nation's Capital Swim Club, and has been banned from USA Swimming. The relationship allegedly began at North Bethesda's Georgetown Preparatory School, where the club leased the pool. Curl faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. A sentencing …

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Rick Curl Expected To Plead Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges

Former swimming coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a female swimmer in the 1980s.

Rick Curl, the former swim coach alleged to have had sexual relationship with an underage female swim student in the 1980s, is expected to plead guilty to sex abuse charges, The Gazette reports. Curl has trained atheletes including Olympic gold medalists and world record breakers. He is the founder of the well-known Curl-Burke Swim Club, which recently changed its name to the Nation’s Capital Swim Club in the wake of the allegations. Swimmer Kelley Currin came forward with the allegations in an article in The Washington Post. According to the report, the relationship began at North Bethesda's Georgetown Preparatory School in 1983, when Currin was 13 and Curl was 33. The club leased the pool there, according to the report. Curl last year …

Captain Cook

9:27 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

He won't find little girls in prison....but the 'boys' will certainly find him....   more ›

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