The initial suit also named USASF and Varsity Spirit among the defendants, accusing them of failing to appropriately address complaints of misbehavior by Foster before and during the alleged abuse.Īhead of the lawsuits, Varsity Spirt and USASF released statements addressing the allegations. The first, filed Tuesday in Greenville County, alleged Foster “persuaded” an underage girl to have sex with him after an exchange of inappropriate communications on Snapchat. The Strom complaint is the second lawsuit to level allegations of misconduct against Foster and Rockstar Cheer in the space of three days. Some of the coaches yet to be named, Sellers said, are based at Rockstar Cheer. The other coaches accused of sexual abuse are not named, but Sellers said his firm intended to file “successive cases with more victims,” including “allegations against other gyms and coaches.” The lawsuit alleges the defendants were aware of “serious and disturbing allegations” against not only Scott Foster, but “many of the Varsity coaches.” Other coaches accused in lawsuit, but none named In at least one case, the lawsuit claims, this connection led to sexual encounters at multiple competitions. In other cases, Foster, a cheer coach of national renown, connected with athletes via social media, according to the lawsuit. Some of the alleged victims trained at Foster’s gym in Greer.
The complaint also contains graphic allegations of “child sexual exploitation” by Foster and other coaches, including rape, the provision of drugs and alcohol to underage athletes, and the creation and dissemination of “obscene materials involving minors,” both male and female.
The lawsuit names nine counts of action, including gross negligence, negligent supervision, assault and battery and “racketeering activity,” among others. “Instead of protecting these young men and women, they victimized them and cashed their checks.” “This was a factory of abuse designed specifically to generate two things: a constant supply of underage victims for Scott Foster and his fellow predators and a billion dollar revenue stream to Varsity Spirit, USASF and Bain Capital,” said Strom attorney Bakari Sellers. Previous reporting: Lawsuit claims Rockstar Cheer founder Scott Foster 'persuaded' girl into sex What is alleged in the new lawsuit? In over 44 pages, the complaint, filed on behalf of six anonymous plaintiffs by attorneys from the Columbia-based Strom Law Firm, details an exploitative system with little accountability that “created, organized and propagated a system of young-athlete abuse against innocent victims.”
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