Former US fencing coach gets permanent ineligibility for alleged sexual misconduct involving minors

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The U.S. Center for SafeSport has ruled former USA fencing coach Mauro Hamza permanently ineligible for membership in the organization, citing alleged sexual misconduct involving minors.

Hamza was suspended by USA Fencing in 2014 for five years, also for alleged sexual misconduct.

A 2020 lawsuit filed by "Jane Doe" was settled last December after the woman said Hamza had coerced her to have sex with him at a youth fencing event when she was a minor in the 1990s. He also allegedly repeatedly molested and sexually harassed her.

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The U.S. Center for SafeSport has ruled former USA fencing coach Mauro Hamza permanently ineligible for membership in the organization, citing alleged sexual misconduct involving minors. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images/File)

Doe said she had to accept Hamza's sexual advances because "once their relationship went beyond that of a typical student-athlete/coach, for Plaintiff, it meant that there was no going back because if anyone found out, it would have meant the end of fencing for Plaintiff," per the Houston Press.

Most of the alleged abuse occurred in the Houston area, but the suit was filed in Arizona based on an alleged incident in Phoenix when she was 17. The state allowed people over the age of 30 who were abused as minors to sue their alleged abusers before the end of 2020.

Athletes compete during a men's fencing event at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 18, 2016. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)

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The suit also listed USA Fencing as a defendant,