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The nonprofit created by Congress to stop the sexual abuse of Olympic athletes has hired Jessica Perrill, a veteran prosecutor and former Division III soccer player, as its new general counsel while the organization works to better its response to allegations from amateur sports participants.

Former student athletes say UC Berkeley administrators failed to follow their own anti-bullying policy in handling complaints against the women’s soccer coach.

An arbitrator’s ruling, revealed for the first time, shows that allegations of physical assault prompted a lifetime ban for Alberto Salazar, the former coach of the Nike Oregon Project.