According to the San Jose Mercury News, a lawsuit filed in San Jose, Calif., is accusing USA Swimming of widespread sexual abuse of young swimmers by many of the organization’s coaches. 
The lawsuit comes on the heels of the sentencing of former San Jose swim coach Andrew King to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing girls he coached.
The lawsuit claims that since 1993, at least 32 coaches, at swim clubs around the country, abused their swimmers. The suit also asserts that USA Swimming officials were aware of the widespread abuse and ignored complaints of sexual abuse and failed to conduct proper background checks when hiring coaches.
Former Olympic gold medal swimmer Deena Deardurff Schmidt is also listed in the complaint as having been sexually abused as a young swimmer.
