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A former tennis prodigy was awarded $9million in damages by a jury in federal court in Florida after accusing the US Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her at one of its training centers when she was a teenager.
The lawsuit, filed by Kylie McKenzie in March 2022, said Anibal Aranda, who was employed by the sport's national governing body for about seven years and later fired, used his position as a USTA coach to get access to vulnerable female athletes and commit sexual battery against them.
'I couldn't be happier with the outcome. I feel validated,' McKenzie - a once promising tennis player - said in a statement emailed Tuesday by one of her lawyers, Amy Judkins. 'It was very hard, but I feel now that it was all worth it. I hope I can be an example for other girls to speak out even when it's difficult.'
Victims of sexual assault are not typically named in publication, but McKenzie agreed to let her identity be used in news coverage about her lawsuit.
Ex- tennis prodigy Kylie McKenzie (center) was awarded $9million in damages after accusing the US Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her
The lawsuit said Anibal Aranda (pictured) used his position as a USTA coach to get
