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Prior to working at Manjak’s, McFarlane was employed at Tumblers Gymnastics in Ottawa until he was fired in April 2013 for sending inappropriate social media messages to a 12-year-old athlete at that gym, telling her that he “loved her” and “was going to kiss her one day,” the lawsuit alleges. According to the lawsuit, McFarlane, who was then 23, was hired at Manjak’s several months after he was fired by Tumblers, and began coaching the plaintiff.
During the time McFarlane was allegedly abusing the plaintiff, Manjak received communications from other gymnastics studios with concerns about McFarlane’s allegedly predatory behaviours towards minors, the lawsuit says, adding that Manjak failed to investigate or take appropriate action to protect minor athletes from McFarlane.
Balisch, who is now Archery Canada’s executive director, wrote in an email to TSN on Wednesday that he was unaware of the lawsuit and denied the allegations made about him. When McFarlane was acquitted in 2022, the judge in his trial, Justice Fletcher Dawson, wrote that credibility was a central issue in the case.
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