Athlete Mary Cain Files a $20 Million Abuse Lawsuit Against Nike
A once-promising distance runner filed a $20 million lawsuit against a former coach and their employer, Nike, accusing them of inflicting years of emotional and physical abuse.
Mary Cain, 25, said she suffered long-term and permanent injuries, “loss of dignity, pride, self-esteem, developed an eating disorder, major depressive disorder” and post-traumatic stress due to training under coach Alberto Salazar at the sports giant’s Nike Oregon Project, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Salazar callously controlled every aspect of Cain’s life for four years and Nike should have warned her about the coach’s “emotional and physically abusive behavior with female athletes,” Kristen West McCall, a Portland lawyer representing Cain, said.
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