Major League Soccer<\/a>, claims he now suffers from PTSD and will need $20 million worth of psychiatric care to put his life back together.<\/p>\nThe additional $80 million he\u2019s seeking is to compensate him for the professional career he lost as a result of the abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaintiff seeks to hold defendants accountable for \u2026 committing intentional acts of abuse that destroyed [his] career and caused him to attempt suicide,\u201d read the lawsuit obtained by DailyMail.<\/p>\n
Dewsnup comes from a wealthy and successful family, who owns 2,221 acres of land in the Utah mountains valued at some $1.2 million.<\/p>\n
His sister, Abby Johnson, is a popular author of Mormon-themed literature, and his father, Darin, is managing director for investments at Wells Fargo\u2019s Salt Lake City office with over $2 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n
Among the salacious allegations in the suit were that older RSL teammates tormented him in the locker room, exposing themselves and making sexual comments toward the then-teen.<\/p>\n
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While playing goalkeeper for Real Salt Lake in the United Soccer League at 17 years old, Dewsnup allegedly endured hazing from teammates so pervasive and cruel that he tried to kill himself, according to a bombshell $100 million lawsuit. Real Monarchs \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
\u201cThey repeatedly attempted to hit [Dewsnup\u2019s] naked buttocks with a ball, laughing and taunting him when he expressed discomfort. [Dewsnup] was forced to dodge the ball while naked,\u201d the complaint reads, noting the abuse was so pervasive he would wait up to two hours after practices to use the showers to avoid his teammates.<\/p>\n
The suit also complains that coaches were part of the problem, and frequently taunted him in front of the team for nursing an injured shoulder, which Dewsnup said he was forced to play with, exacerbating the injury.<\/p>\n
RSL\u2019s goalkeeping coach Ignacio Hernandez allegedly \u201cmishandled\u201d Dewsnup\u2019s foot and hip injuries, the suit claims.<\/p>\n
One of the allegations in the suit is that RSL failed to adequately protect an underage player from grotesque sexual abuse at the hands of much-older teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cRSL placed its own financial and reputational interests above [Dewsnup\u2019s] safety, intentionally sacrificing a minor child\u2019s well being to avoid the inconvenience and expense of implementing child protection measures,\u201d the lawsuit details.<\/p>\n
Just before he quit the team in April 2022, Dewsnup tried to kill himself over the trauma and was rushed to a hospital, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
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RSL has denied the allegations and claimed the team took the safety of its players \u201cextremely seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club is aware of a complaint filed by a former professional player and firmly denies the allegations,\u201d it said in a statement to the Mail, pledging to \u201cvigorously defend itself through the legal process.\u201d<\/p>\n
MLS told the outlet it was reviewing the \u201cserious\u201d allegations, and that \u201cplayer safety<\/a> and well-being are core priorities for the League.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An up-and-coming soccer star flooded with top-notch scholarship offers left the sport for good after he allegedly endured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[169922,3130,9523,403,99,194,132455,3324],"class_list":["post-681437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-hazing","tag-lawsuits","tag-mls","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-us-news","tag-us-soccer","tag-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Jeff Dewsnup, 22, has ended his soccer career despite receiving top-notch scholarship offers from elite collegiate programs.<\/p>\n