When Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith decided in February to publicly reveal the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her longtime swim coach, Sean Hutchison, the Federal Way native knew she was committing herself to a long, uphill fight.
Kukors Smith announced Monday she has filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and several other entities, alleging they covered up their knowledge of Hutchison’s alleged abuse.
“When I decided to go public and share my story, I said I was going to do it as loudly as I possibly could,” Kukors Smith said.