WHAT...IS...HAPPENING?! 😐
We don't even know where to begin this week... At least we have some fun news towards the end of the newsletter 🫠
Summary of this week:
Everything we know about the Rockstar Cheer investigations, including...
Reports of over 100 victims
Varsity & the USASF's statements
Multiple Rockstar locations leaving to form new gyms
Links to the official lawsuit documents
New section coming to this newsletter soon...
Poll results: how many practices you have per week?
& more!
Trigger/content warning: This section contains topics like suicide and sexual misconduct. Please skip reading this if you need to.
Everything we know about the Rockstar Cheer investigations
Last week, we mentioned the Rockstar Cheer case of suicide and sexual abuse lawsuits. Much more information has been released since then, showing a huge investigation...
🚨 Since these topics are so heavy and disturbing, we're including summaries here with links for you to continue reading if you want.
Reports of over 100 victims
As we said, this is a HUGE investigation, which reportedly could include more than 100 victims of the abuse.
Here's some of what this article reports:
"The lawsuit was filed Thursday by four girls and two boys who said they were abused by Scott Foster and others affiliated with Rockstar gyms. It suggests there could be up to 100 more survivors of the abuse.
“Scott Foster and his allies did their best to intimidate and isolate their targets, making these young people feel alone and somehow responsible. Well, they're not alone anymore," attorney Jessica Fickling said in a statement announcing the suit."
The same article also brings up this:
"A number of people either knew Foster was abusing his cheer students and ignored it or did not have rules and procedures in place to stop the abuse, the lawsuit says."
Varsity & the USASF's statements
Varsity and the USASF (learn more about them here) are mentioned in the lawsuits and have released a statement about the situation.
Click here to read the USASF statement.
Varsity All Star has also released a statement, which you can read here:
We encourage you to take a look at the discussions and comments about these organizations - and how they have "handled" these reports.
Multiple Rockstar locations leaving to form new gyms
The Rockstar Cheer gym franchise had multiple locations across multiple states.
They will be ending their agreements and license to use the Rockstar name, forming new gyms and names instead.
You can find a list of the previous Rockstar locations & their new names here (+ their statements and more information).
Links to the official lawsuit documents
Multiple lawsuits have been filed, against Rockstar, Varsity, the USASF & more.
They describe everything in detail if you want to know more about exactly what has happened.
Click here to read the first lawsuit and here to read one with even more victims.
New section coming to this newsletter soon...
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Most popular quiz/poll
Can You Score 8/8 On This Voice Over Quiz? — www.thecheerbuzz.com
Just guess what cheerleading team had the voice-over in their music!
New YouTube video
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Poll of the week: how many practices do you have per week?
5% of you said 0
44% of you said 1-2
44% of you said 3-4
7% of you said 5+
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Before you go...
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