Fired US Center for SafeSport investigator arrested on new charges

DENVER (AP) – An ex-cop fired from his job as an investigator with the United States Center for SafeSport for allegedly stealing money seized in a drug bust, was arrested again, this time charged with rape and sex trafficking.

Jason Krasley, a former Allentown, Pennsylvania, police officer, was arrested Friday and charged with rape and involuntary sexual servitude for crimes allegedly committed while he was on the force between 2011 and 2015, according to a news release from press from the prosecutor’s office.

Krasley left the department in 2021 and went to work for the SafeSport Center, which fired him last year shortly after learning he had been arrested for allegedly stealing $5,500 during a seizure. drugs he helped lead while on the force.

The new arrest resurfaces the question of how Krasley was able to circumvent what center officials say is a rigorous vetting process it uses to hire people to uncover sensitive information about sexual abuse cases.

The Denver-based center was established in 2017 to handle cases of sexual abuse in Olympic sports, from the elite level to the grassroots level. At the end of last year, its investigative team numbered 36 people; he tapped the police force, where some detectives handle similar cases, to fill some of those positions.

“I am appalled that a former staff member has been accused of such heinous acts in his previous role as a police officer,” SafeSport CEO Ju’Riese Colon said in an emailed statement to the Associated Press. “We require all staff to meet the highest standards as the protection of athletes is our top priority.”

The AP has learned of two cases handled by Krasley, one of which was assigned to another investigator after his arrest on theft charges. In the other, the claimant asked if her case could be reopened following the arrest and a SafeSport employee responded in an email that “these issues are already being reviewed prior to the requests and the media attention.

Colon said the center ordered a third-party audit of the cases Krasley handled.

“We are working with subject matter experts to determine what additional steps should be taken in light of the new allegations,” she said.

Krasley faces additional charges of felony kidnapping, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse and intimidation of a witness, in addition to misdemeanor criminal coercion.

Krasley’s lawyer, James Burke, told lehighvalleylive.com that Krasley “absolutely denies the allegations.” Burke did not return a voicemail left at his office by AP.

Krasley, 47, is also named in a whistleblower complaint filed last year by two Allentown officers who alleged widespread misconduct in the department.

Also arrested and charged with rape and involuntary sexual servitude was a current Allentown officer, Kevin Weaver, who was placed on administrative leave on Friday.

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