Prosecutors have dismissed a charge against former University of Akron diving coach Chris Medvedeff, who was accused of secretly filming students.
The 54-year-old Medvedeff was previously charged with a first-degree misdemeanor voyeurism charge. Medvedeff was the head diving coach for the University of Akron. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Medvedeff was accused of secretly filming seven students, aged 18 to 22, in the Akron rec center. Local media had previously reported that Medvedeff resigned from his coaching position in March when the allegations surfaced.
Now, prosecutors have dismissed the voyeurism charge without prejudice, which means the charge could be refiled, according to The Beacon Journal. Medvedeff’s attorney said in that story that there was no evidence to support the allegations.
“I always have faith in the system,” Medvedeff’s attorney said in that story. “Today, the system worked.”
Medvedeff was hired by Akron in 1998 and was the only head diving coach in the history of the program until this week, when Marc Calhane was named as the program’s new head diving coach.
That is something. Why would a coach secretly tape someone? Might as well tape in the public eye. Sometimes I think I am being secretly taped when I am swimming, but I never proved it.
I often think the same! I also hear voices making alien sounds.
So how did this initial charge come about? Was it a frame job? Or something else?
It sounds like “Team Picture Day” got out of hand…
In a case like this, would he be able to get off the banned list?
They can, but it’s not automatic.
In this case, I don’t believe that he was ever actually in the SafeSport database. At least, we didn’t report it, I don’t see that anyone else reported it, and he’s not currently in the database.
USCFSS doesn’t do a great job of keeping historical data.