{"id":4887,"date":"2016-12-10T09:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2016-12-09T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T17:13:38","slug":"link-uk-athletics-accused-cover-handling-sexual-abuse-allegation-bbc-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/12\/10\/link-uk-athletics-accused-cover-handling-sexual-abuse-allegation-bbc-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; UK Athletics accused of &#8216;cover-up&#8217; over handling of sexual abuse allegation &#8211; BBC Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2325,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.com\\\/sport\\\/athletics\\\/38187957&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20211219213503\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.com\\\/sport\\\/athletics\\\/38187957&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 09:31:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 02:14:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 23:37:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 23:37:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>A former athlete has alleged, in details issued through her lawyers, that Darrell Bunn groomed her when she was 16, and then sexually abused her.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete, now in her 30s and unable to be named for legal reasons, said she complained to UKA in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>After an investigation, Bunn was allowed to continue working in sport, supervised when coaching under-18s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of talk about abuse in underage football in the UK, but let&#8217;s face it, football is hardly the only sport when minors are under the influence and control of coaches. 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