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Jamaica Coach Busby Suspended Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations The executives of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) have called on the world governing body FIFA to conduct a comprehensive investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against its Senior National Women’s Team Head Coach Hubert Busby. The JFF has also provisionally suspended the embattled Busby, relieving him of all contractual obligations with the JFF, without pay, with immediate effect following a meeting of its executive on Tuesday. The local governing body added that a final decision will be made on Busby’s future with Jamaica’s women’s football program at the end of the FIFA investigation. The allegation broke in the British tabloid, The Guardian, last Thursday when Malloree Enoch, an
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American female soccer player, claimed that Busby, then head of the Vancouver Whitecaps Women’s program, made sexual advances during her recruitment in 2012 and 2011. In a media release yesterday, the JFF through its
president Mike Ricketts, said inter alia, “we will await the results of this FIFA investigation. We do not want to make a permanent decision until we have the facts. At the same time, we have to ensure that our women and girls are protected by those who lead them.” Meanwhile, an interim coach has yet to be announced and the Reggae Girlz continue their preparation for World Cup qualifiers starting early next year. According to the report published by The Guardian, Busby, who has denied the allegations, contacted Enoch regarding an administrative job at the Canadian club. She told the newspaper that she was invited by Busby to instead join the club as a player. He gave her Adidas sports equipment as gifts, flew her across continues on B4 – Coach Busby
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