U.S. Figure Skating reached a $1.45 million settlement with a former figure skater to settle a lawsuit alleging the national governing body of negligence in its duty to protect young athletes from sexual abuse, according to reports.
The settlement was first reported by ABC News.
Adam Schmidt filed a lawsuit in August 2019 alleging he was sexually abused by now-banned, once-prominent coach Richard Callaghan beginning when Schmidt was 14 years old in 1999.
That incident followed claims of sexual misconduct from former skater and coach Craig Maurizi, who said Callaghan had an inappropriate relationship with him in the 1970s.