Noah Rucker, a former coach at Madison High School in Vienna, was indicted by a grand jury on Monday.
Rucker was charged with three felony accounts of “indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial or supervisory relationship” in June for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl on the varsity swim team at Madison on at least five occasions in 2001, starting in November and lasting into
the high school swim season. Rucker was 29 at the time.
A trial date will be set tomorrow by the Fairfax County Circuit Court.
Most recently, Rucker coached for the Curl-Burke Swim Club (CUBU), but was removed prior to being arrested in June. The swim club, which announced the change of its name to the Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) yesterday, also received news that former head coach, Rick Curl, had received a lifetime ban on Wednesday from USA Swimming for an alleged sexual relationship with an under aged swimmer in the 1980s. Rucker was suspended by USA Swimming in an emergency hearing in July.
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Washington Post staff
reporter Steve Yanda and Justin Jouvenal contributed to this article.
Tags: CUBU, Curl-Burke, Noah Rucker, Rick Curl, Sexual Misconduct
Only “indecent liberties with a child”? The charges should have been statuary rape. Rick Curl should also be arrested and charged as well.
What about all the CUBU coaches that knew about Rick Curl and Rucker? There were almost as many stories about Rucker as their were about Curl and he was still given CURL WEST? It is the culture of the old guard on that team, to put swimming and the organization AHEAD of the athletes.
CUBU has some GREAT young coaches, parents and athletes and it is time to let them take over.
Get some new leadership to go with the new name and new direction. Names that say loud and clear,”we will protect our athletes and not turn a blind eye” .
USA Swimming should get new leadership as well. How many on its board knew about all the predators and chose not to expose them until recently? Just check the growing “Ban for Life” list on USA Swimming website. If Penn State fired all responsible for covering up a pedophile’s actions, USA Swimming should do so as well. The predators’ names should not only be listed on USA Swimming list but also on all registered lists accessible to the public.
That said, all who knew about these predators and did nothing must also be held accountable in the court of law.