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Jean Lopez able to coach taekwondo again after arbitrator lifts ban for sexual misconduct
An arbitrator has overturned a ban on taekwondo coach Jean Lopez, setting aside the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s finding that he’d violated its code of conduct for what it called a “decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct.”
The decision Tuesday reinstates Lopez and allows him to resume coaching after SafeSport had declared him permanently ineligible in April.
A procedural issue reduced that ban to temporary restrictions in August.
“He’s happy,” attorney Howard Jacobs told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday evening. “He’s said all along that the allegations were false. He can get back to coaching now.
That’s a good development.”
Heidi Gilbert, one of the women who accused Lopez of sexual abuse, disagreed.
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"We’ve been guinea pigs through this whole process. SafeSport really hasn’t had it together," Gilbert told USA TODAY Sports. "I really hope that, in the future, this doesn’t happen to other at