How horrendous! How could anyone be such a horrible human being?! Poor Tarah, having to deal with that. I'm glad Danny tried to help, he probably felt pretty helpless too. It's so messed up though... imagine having a coach treat you that way, Tarah must have felt so alone I hope she has lots of support to help her through.
Sappenfield definitely needs to be banned, she's obviously completely sadistic and she has caused so much damage. I'm not sure she can be charged with an actual crime (sexual harrassment I guess?), but the skating community needs to stand up for the victims, provide a safe way for anyone to report concerning behaviour and get rid of anyone who poses a threat to kids/teens. I truly hope there's more good people out there than bad (or negligent at the very least) and this can happen.
Sappenfield definitely needs to be banned, she's obviously completely sadistic and she has caused so much damage. I'm not sure she can be charged with an actual crime (sexual harrassment I guess?), but the skating community needs to stand up for the victims, provide a safe way for anyone to report concerning behaviour and get rid of anyone who poses a threat to kids/teens. I truly hope there's more good people out there than bad (or negligent at the very least) and this can happen.