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Deena Deardurff Schmidt won a medal in the Munich games back in 1972.
What no one knew until recently was that she claims to have been molested by her swim coach from the ages of 11 to 15.
Schmidt is now throwing her support behind a lawsuit filed by a minor claiming there is a "culture" of abuse that is ignored by governing bodies- local and national- where swimming is concerned...
"US Swimming created a culture that fostered molestation by coaches against young female swimmers," the minor's attorney, Robert Allard, said.
"Yet despite the chronic and pervasive problem, we believe that not enough has been done by US Swimming."
Allard said he was filing suit to force USA Swimming to put policies in place to prevent future abuses of young swimmers.
He represents the minor who was molested by Andrew King- a local swim coach now serving a 40-year-term after he was convicted of sexually abusing girls he coached.
Vic Lee is in San Jose for ABC7 News...
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