Case Summary:

In the lower court, Kylie McKenzie sued the United States Tennis Association Incorporated and USTA Player Development Incorporated in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Case No. 6:22‑cv‑00615), alleging that while she was a young professional player training in the USTA’s player development program, her coach, Anibal Aranda, sexually assaulted her in 2018 and that the USTA was grossly negligent in hiring, retaining, and supervising him despite prior warnings and reports about his sexually predatory behavior, ultimately leading to a jury verdict awarding her a total of 9 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages after the court had already granted partial summary judgment finding that USTA’s own investigation confirmed sexual misconduct and that USTA owed her a duty to take reasonable steps t ...