PORTSMOUTH Susan Parker of Greenland is the newest member of the Pease Development Authority board of directors, replacing Peter Loughlin of Portsmouth, who served as a director for 31 years.
The change comes about as a result of legislation in 2019 that changed the member make-up of the PDA board to include, for the first time, representation from Greenland.
The past shared seat of Portsmouth-Newington, which Loughlin held, is now a shared seat of Greenland-Newington in response to concerns that Greenland is impacted by traffic in and out of the tradeport and other issues, but was without a voice on the PDA.
Estey & Bomberger on California State Supreme Court Ruling: US Olympic NGBs Have A Duty to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse 04/01/21
abuse.
SAN DIEGO, CA – April 1, 2021 - The California State Supreme Court ruling in the Los
Angeles County lawsuit of Brown (Yazmin) et al. v. USA Taekwondo et al., S259216, is being
hailed as a groundbreaking decision with far-reaching legal implications that will better protect
young athletes against sexual abuse. The Court reaffirmed a lower court decision and ruled that
USA Taekwondo, a United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) National
Governing Body (NGB), had a legal duty to protect athletes from sexual abuse.
Former student sues high school district, coaches over alleged sex abuse on campus
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LOS GATOS, CA (KPIX) A former Los Gatos High School student is suing the school district and two former track coaches over the alleged sexual abuse she endured from a coach while she was a student-athlete.
Lawyers for the victim, identified only as Jane Doe, said she was subjected to grooming behavior from former track coach Chioke “Chee” Robinson starting at age 14 during the 1998-99 school year and it progressed to sexual activity 1999 through 2001.
The sexual activity included oral sex and sexual intercourse, and allegedly occurred on campus in the in the high school’s track and field shed as well as other locations, the complaint said.