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A USA TODAY investigation found a flawed process for handling reports in cheerleading, one that has allowed suspected abusers to remain around kids.
Tricia L. Nadolny and Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY Published 7:32 pm UTC Feb. 8, 2021 Seated in an interrogation room in a Washington state jail, Lenny Lewis Jr. spun an implausible tale about why he had downloaded child pornography onto his co-worker’s laptop. Lewis explained to Kent police that he was sick of working as a cheerleading coach. He wanted to be fired from the gym where he taught tumbling to young athletes – and to ensure he would never again work in the sport. “There is no way,” Lewis said in 2010, “that I would be able to get a job after this in c...