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Lopez brothers, Olympic taekwondo royalty, hit with sex abuse allegations

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story included a graphic that misidentified the person quoted. It was an unnamed woman who says she was sexually assaulted.

Steven and Jean Lopez, brothers in what is often called the “First Family of Taekwondo,” were allowed to participate in last summer’s Rio Games even though they were being investigated for sexual misconduct, and the allegations against them have since drawn the interest of the FBI.

USA Taekwondo began investigating the Lopezes more than two years ago after receiving complaints that they had allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women.