ROCKSTAR CHEER AND DANCE PLUS

The amended complaint accuses Feeley, then a coach working for Foster, of sexually abusing an unnamed female plaintiff at a hotel where the team was staying during a competition. ROCKSTAR CHEER SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: Cheerleaders were sexually abused by coaches in South Carolina, new lawsuit alleges Sexual abuse allegations against South Carolina coaches The complaint attacks the culture and organization of competitive cheerleading, detailing an exploitative system with little accountability that “created, organized and propagated a system of young-athlete abuse against innocent victims.”įoster was found to have died by suicide last month, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office. The lawsuit alleged that Foster's behavior is a symptom of a much wider problem.

Nearly all of the abuse is alleged to have occurred while the defendants were coaching at Rockstar Cheer and Dance Inc., the now-shuttered competitive cheerleading gym in Greer, South Carolina. In several instances, the alleged abuse occurred when the plaintiffs were minors. The coaches, along with Rockstar founder Scott Foster, are accused of a range of misconduct, including rape, providing drugs to athletes, groping and inappropriate touching, and the exchange of sexual images.

ROCKSTAR CHEER AND DANCE PLUS

1 in Greenville, South Carolina, now includes three additional female plaintiffs, all unidentified, plus the new coaches, who are accused publicly for the first time - Kenny Feeley, Josh Guyton, Nathan Allan Plank, Christopher Hinton, Traevon Black and Peter Holley. GREENVILLE, S.C. – Six more coaches formerly associated with Rockstar Cheer have been accused of sexual abuse in a federal lawsuit amended Thursday, the latest development in an escalating scandal that has sent shockwaves through the world of competitive cheerleading.

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