SafeSport facing scrutiny over treatment of fired investigator

DENVER — Less than a week after the U.S. Center for SafeSport learned an investigator had been arrested once for theft and again for harassment, it paid his way to agency headquarters for an all-staff training session that included after-hours socials where the center provided vouchers for drinks.

The center would go on to fire the investigator, Jason Krasley, who would later also be arrested and charged for sex crimes allegedly committed while he was at his previous job as a vice cop for the Allentown, Pennsylvania, police department.

The center’s handling of the Krasley matter triggered an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and played a key role in the firing of CEO Ju’Riese Colon in April…

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