Another national sports organization in Canada is under the spotlight — four former members of the national water polo team program have filed a $5.5-million lawsuit against Water Polo Canada, alleging some of the federation's top executives, coaches and support staff fostered a toxic culture for more than a decade.
In this file photo, Stephanie Valin, centre, of Canada defends Makenzie Fischer of the USA during the women's water polo gold medal match at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Markham, Ont. on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
One of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit stated that athletes were made to feel like they were“under a microscope. “It’s a privilege to not have had to consider the damage or the things that have been inflicted or done,” she said. “I think it’s a privilege to not have to look back on your own behaviour and adjust it and amend it in any way.”
“We were living in a culture where everything was swept under the rug and ignored,” Steph Valin, another former team member and plaintiff in the lawsuit, said. “We were chess pieces in a game and we were all disposable.A 38-page statement of claim was filed in Ontario Superior Court on April 29, and was served to WPC on Thursday. The allegations have not yet been tested in court.
The fourth plaintiff is identified only as A.A. in court documents. All four were members of the women’s junior and senior national teams at some point between 2004 and 2016. El Sakkary, who coached the women’s junior national team from 2004-2005, allegedly bullied athletes by calling them insulting names and criticizing their appearance, and would act “sexually inappropriate with athletes,” according to the lawsuit.
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