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IITED STATS OLYMP'C COMMITTEE

NgItgE oF HARtNe
TO: TONYA HARDING
FRoM:
UNITED STATES OLyMptC COMMTltjE (I,SOC)
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HF,qf||Ne: t:00 a,ln., Febrlrary 15, 1gg.t
PLAF OHEH|NG:
Osto, Norway, SAS
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Horet
H{ntNG FANEL; USOC GAMES ADMtNtSTt-tAtVE
BOAtfl
qcKGRquND:
on Ferbruary s, 1g94, a Hearing
panel
appokrtecf try your Nerional
Governlng Body (NGB) to lnvostlgate allegattone ln publlc ror;orcs tht you wor6 tnvolved
or had knowledge of tho assault on Nancy Korrlgan on January 6, lgg4, dstrmlned th6t
"resonable grounds exist to bolleve" thal you violaled your NGB,s co r,f Ethics.
" (a) committed qn
act to carry oul a.plan and/or was inrrolvect ln a plan
to lnjure Nancy Kerrigan; or
(b) knew about a plan to lnjuro Narrcy Kerrignn and eiftrer railo,J to
opPoso lt, falld to roport [t, or mscls false :iqoftenis
about
[your]
knowfedge concrnlng t."
PUR PosE oF I{HING: To r:onsider your stafirs as n rnonrbsr of the i f}94 ljrrttor-t
!xhi-rit 1.
t'aqe .i
Cl,lARGS FfiESENTED: 1. You wlll be asked to answor the dlargo that
y'3u
cmmlfod au ao,t, rnado a statBmonl. or encagocl in COnduct in ctrtleciio witit a pla{ to
hlur l,lnoy Kefflgan and lh8 subsequent lnvstlgtlr. o1
-hat
plan (llro "Ccnrlucl") whlch
violates the USO Bylaw foqulrrnnt lhat you conduct yourself "at all timss and in ell
placos as beflts worthy ropresontatives
of
[yourl
eountry and ln canlorrrlty wllh tho
lfdltlon of the Olyrnplc und Pen American Games."
U$A*-ylW,
Ch lptor XLll,
Sectlon 1.
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you
wlll also be aekod to rn$wof tho charge tltat your Conducl vlotstos tho
'lgg4
Olyrnpio Wnter G.nos Cocie ol Corrduct you slgnod otr Jatrunry 0, 1$04' wlriclt
provides ln p'art tht you ebsrv and abldo by the Clyrnplc Chartor, the ruls and
regulaons of your NGB, and that you cotrduct yourself
",.,|n
cottlornlty wtth the traJ{tlsns
of the Olyrnpic Games and in such a nar. lr that
),otj
bring aedit snrj honor to yourself,
i,our
lernrnates,
your t'Jatlonal Govarnlng Bociy (NGB), tho tJ'rlled Statas lyntplc
Cmrnltls 0JSOC)
arld tho Unlted Stats of Amsrlca."
3. You wlll also be ueko': to nswof the cnBrge thal your condust is
dotrlrnental to tho wellsro ol flgure skallng arrd tho tratJltlon ol tlto Olylnpic Gamos, eneJ
viclates
your responsblty unrler the Genaral Rules of your NGB "to exonipiify tho higha;t
etandartls oi fainess, ethical trehavicr anr! genuirte good sportsntarlsllip in atry of
{yourl
fsltlns wlth othrs." t:d-StSlSgUfA-'I!$[Iq
Asso.QttlQrlnul]49(,
(enera
trt.rlir
1.02, Sactlon ,021,
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YouwillalsoboaskedtoanswerthecharigelhatyourConductv:lltsd.your
obligarlonu under the Unitsd Stator. Flguro ,Sktlng Tearn /.greernem t (l) "Avold ary
otin or conduct that could roasonalrly be expeotod to slgnilicantly disrupt the U.S.
flgtne
Skating,169* or lnlrrfore wlth lntsrnatlonal competliln."); (ll) 'Comply wilh the
Rule of tho,USFSA, espeolally Gl 1.021: Exernplify th hflhe.et slandards sf talrnoss,
thlc0l hoh6vlof and genuino good sportsman6hip, both on and off tha ice."); (iii)
iConduct
[yoursell]
ln a manner inrlicatlve of roprosantatives ol the'Unltod Statrrs,
'
d6monstratlng consideratlon frrr the rlghts, privilegas, and wsltsJe of oitters,"; and (lv)
.1
"Rtr,ln
{rnm behavior tha!
[you
know] is unaccoptable...n;
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YU wlll also lre asked to answor tho charge that your Condut't Vloltgd your
obltgrtgon urrder the Uniod Stats Flguro SPoting Oharnpionqlrips and Qua.llfVirrO Events
Agreernerrt of Compgtitors Regardlng Personal Conduct dated Deceinbor 2, 1993, to
oon'o
yurself
'rtloth
on-and-off the ice, ln a mannr tllt wltl rellecf favorably upon ,...
the sport of flgura skatlng, and lhat ls consislent with tlte trltrh standards cf tlto sport'"
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you
wlll also tr6 asl(ocl to answsr tho charge.tha.t yur onducl violirtotJ a
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sseks to cGato ri v/ay ol llfe tl1.ed on . . . the edtlcallonnl vlt.lo of cr.rorj exarlpl td
rospecl lor unlvsrsal fr.nrjarnental othlcal princirlos". f:urtcjarnt-'ntal Prlnctplo lrlo, 2, ,OC
harler at p, 10.
tJnder U3O? Bylaw, Chaplor KXXIX g 3, "-lhe decision of tho dmlnl$tretve Brd
shall be final."
AC"IN THAT MAY IIE TAKEN:
Ths USOr) arnes Adrninistrative Board mty ttke, but ls not rostrlctod to, lhe
followlng possible c.liscipllnary actlorl:
Expttlslon lrom tha tearn. Sent home lmmediately regarcllecs of lvhothsr or
not your comptltlon has takon plac,e;
FuncJing dented lor USOC Allltlc Supporl Prograttts fr:r vriricii yor-t rnny be
tllglblo;
Rostrlctd to you
-pom;
Roqulred to rsturn your US/r uniform,;
Roquired to prorform a c-rlrdln taek(s), suclt a$ fornll lrtltlt ancllot orr!
npoloy;
Danled the privilege to nrrcl ln oprlrln ncl/or Closlnr Cerornorrlos;
ixlrifli.L r
Irac_i.r 4
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Athlst*' Vlllrgr vlrltor pdvllr0l rvokod;
I .ommlndation to your NQ the los$ of
pVll.C to prrtlclpata ln futuo
Olymplo, Prn Amrrlcsn ns/or World Unlvrrulty Grnrt a wall ac Ll'6'
lympto Frtlvala.
cot*Duc OF T{ HEARIN1 Ar rho hcrr{ng
you fnsy hs| why
you ohould fot b0
dstplin9d. YOu nay rpFmr rrlih or wlthout I r.pr68rtallvr, who mey e sn rttornly,
Thr A,,iminletfatlva
Horfd rnay appolnt I
prraon(o) to prment cvldrnc suppodinl the
ohflt'ttt rgalnst
you at ther haarlng, lnd t challsngc by oxmtnltlon und ethsr
approFAt8 ftllnt evldsncc preOentod by you.
goth
you {nd tho pnrntar of the
svldrno ahall ba glvrn r rossonabtc
oppor{unity to prcmnt ort andlorlYdlton ovldrncr,
snl to prgsrnt su flcrtuel or legrl rfalms r deslrs. Tle ruta al rYldlncs thrll not
o 0trictly alqrcdi lnelod, rutl af ovldsnct
grnrtally acorptrrl tn uomlnltntlvo
procdlngs lhrtl be appllobls.
IIKE-UP OF TtlE ADI{I;N|8TRTIVE BOAR;
Tha compoolilon of the Admlnlctr.atlve
Bqsrd lt l follsw: tho duly c,llsc{ silr
f tho u8oc, tothsr wlth thc chf tf of Mletlqn, th6 ohlr of tha Gsmse,
Proparatlon and
$ervicas Comm[ttro, thr chnlr af tt1 Athleiea.Adltory
Councll nd
guch
othora ae thl
irfestd8nr mry tppotnt, Hwov0l, tha
Freadont fslorvsn thr flght lo d6lgntt e pnnrl
ol ths Mombnra o/ tht Boid to harr, raport
rld cornl'nr1 i tho full i'lntlnlstratlvo
Bosrd on partlaular mattom.
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