SafeSport Center adds morals clause, strengthens vetting after ex-investigator's arrests
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The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add a morals clause to its code of conduct, and the CEO will start interviewing job candidates herself in the wake of the arrest of a former investigator who was charged with rape and other sex crimes. The center held a virtual forum Tuesday called “The State of SafeSport,” where CEO Ju'Riese Colon offered updates and took questions from athletes and stakeholders.
She said the center was re-evaluating its screening and hiring processes after Jason Krasley, a former cop in Pennsylvania who went to work as an investigator for the center, was arrested first for stealing drug money seized in a bust, then later on charges of rape and sex trafficking.
“I'm still very angry about this. I'm disappointed and sad,” Colon said. “This was certainly unprecedented and certainly something we'll strive to never have happen again, because it was a dark week for the center. It certainly impacts the trust we're striving to build.”.
The CEO said the center fired Krasley as soon as it learned about his November arrest for allegedly stealing $5,500 that was seized from a drug bust he helped execute in 2019. His subsequent arrest earlier this month for crimes he allegedly committed while on the vice squad in Allentown, Pennsylvania, placed the center's hiring and vetting practices under more scrutiny.
