SIAP - PSU asst Fencing coach put on admin leave for sexual misconduct violations

[Lion8286]

Penn State fencing assistant coach George Abashidze was placed on administrative leave by the university, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics spokesperson Jeff Nelson told The Daily Collegian.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport, a nonprofit organization seeking to end abuse within American athletics, lists sexual misconduct and sexual harassment violations under Abashidze’s name within its database of disciplinary records.

“We take matters of this nature very seriously. We are aware of this situation and continue to gather information,” Nelson said.

Abashidze would have been entering his 10th year as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions. He was previously an assistant at Ohio State.

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_c583c9b6-b6c7-11e8-9396-b3d4eb9b7bcd.html

 

[Nitt1300]

waiting for the outraged lynch mob

 

[Norm Petersin]

Watch Emmert and Delaney come alive now.

 

[doctornick]

Wait, you can put coaches on administrative leave without firing them? And wait for more information?

 

[Achowalogan]

Wait, you can put coaches on administrative leave without firing them? And wait for more information?

At Penn State????? Must be a misprint!

 

[psuro]

Probably Penn.

 

[pandaczar12]

Penn State fencing assistant coach George Abashidze was placed on administrative leave by the university, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics spokesperson Jeff Nelson told The Daily Collegian.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport, a nonprofit organization seeking to end abuse within American athletics, lists sexual misconduct and sexual harassment violations under Abashidze’s name within its database of disciplinary records.

“We take matters of this nature very seriously. We are aware of this situation and continue to gather information,” Nelson said.

Abashidze would have been entering his 10th year as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions. He was previously an assistant at Ohio State.

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_c583c9b6-b6c7-11e8-9396-b3d4eb9b7bcd.html

That's what we get for hiring someone who came from OSU.

 

[step.eng69]

 

[BudatPSU]

Penn State fencing assistant coach George Abashidze was placed on administrative leave by the university, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics spokesperson Jeff Nelson told The Daily Collegian.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport, a nonprofit organization seeking to end abuse within American athletics, lists sexual misconduct and sexual harassment violations under Abashidze’s name within its database of disciplinary records.

“We take matters of this nature very seriously. We are aware of this situation and continue to gather information,” Nelson said.

Abashidze would have been entering his 10th year as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions. He was previously an assistant at Ohio State.

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_c583c9b6-b6c7-11e8-9396-b3d4eb9b7bcd.html

How nebulous was the initial report, and was if made to James Franklin?

 

[Bessmoney]

Must have been poking someone with more than an epee.