Kasowitz LLP Files Complaint on Behalf of Renowned Equestrian Trainer Frank Madden Challenging Unconstitutional Conduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport

On Friday, March 20, 2026, Kasowitz LLP filed a complaint on behalf of Frank Madden, a renowned equestrian trainer, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, challenging unconstitutional conduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, a private corporation that claims jurisdiction over 11 million participants in Olympics sports under the Amateur Sports Act.  As the complaint details, SafeSport launched an investigation and commenced proceedings against Madden based on forty-year-old allegations, barred him from pursuing his calling as an elite equestrian trainer, and published his name in its online registry of suspected wrongdoers—thereby exercising a combination of coercive governmental powers unchecked by any accountable governmental authority, all without affording Madden an opportunity to clear his name or a judicial forum.  Madden’s fate underscores the grave threat that SafeSport poses to the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution—and thus to the liberty of anyone caught in its pseudo-governmental crosshairs.

The Kasowitz team representing Mr. Madden is led by partners Marc E. Kasowitz, Maria H. Ruiz, Ann M. St. Peter-Griffith, and Amit R. Vora, and includes associate Anna Tichy.