Swim Coach Suspended As Claims of Sexual Misconduct Investigated
USA Swimming announces '7-Point Action Plan' to address sexual abuse by coaches.
Apr. 21, 2010 — -- The USA Swimming coach accused of sexual misconduct with a female swimmer this week has been suspended from his Virginia swimming club and removed from the team's website.
"Occoquan Swimming has suspended Mr. Robert D. Mirande from coaching pending further investigation," the swim club in Manassas, VA confirmed to ABCNews.com.
Mirande and USA Swimming, the governing body for the U.S. Olympic swim team and hundreds of competitive swim teams around the country, were sued this week by a former female swimmer of Mirande's who alleges that between the summer of 2006 and the winter of 2007, Mirande "groomed" the young woman resulting in "inappropriate sexual contact" when she turned 18.
A recent ABC News "20/20" investigation revealed that some 36 coaches have been banned for life by USA Swimming over the last decade because of alleged sexual misconduct.
