Portland, Tuesday
FIGURE skater Tonya Harding has asked a court to block the US Figure
Skating Association from holding a disciplinary hearing this week on the
Nancy Kerrigan assault which could end her career.
A panel has scheduled a disciplinary hearing for Thursday in Colorado
Springs to decide if Harding was guilty of any wrong-doing in January's
attack on Kerrigan, her rival.
Harding's lawyers filed suit in Portland, Oregon, asking for a court
order to stop the USFSA from going ahead with the hearing until a
criminal investigation over the Kerrigan assault, and any subsequent
prosecution, is complete.
They also sought an order to stop the association preventing Harding
from taking part in the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships which
start in Japan on March 22.
Prosecutors in Portland are looking into allegations by Harding's
ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, that she was involved in the plot to assault
Kerrigan, who was hit on the leg with a metal bar during the US Figure
Skating Championships in Detroit on January 6.--Reuter.
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