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Ellis sues ex-Wave employee
Aug.2, 2024
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Club president strikes back after abuse claims
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By Laura Place
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Wave President Jill Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday over a former team videographer’s allegations on social media that her “abusive” and “toxic” behavior was devastating to employees’ mental health. The women’s soccer club, founded in 2021, came under national scrutiny in early July when former video and creative manager Britta- ELLIS ny Alvarado posted on X that she endured “an environment where my mental health was relentlessly compromised” at the club while working there from 2023 to June 2024 and that Ellis fostered an environment where abusive behaviors thrived. Alvarado’s post also urged the NWSL to remove Ellis from the Wave and the league as a whole to protect staff and players, stating that “Jill Ellis has no place in this game, and she has been excused for far too long.” The post garnered nearly 2 million views and spurred other former Wave employees to post about their mental health struggles while working at Wave and how they had not received support from club management when they sought help. On Tuesday, Ellis filed a lawsuit against Alvarado in San Diego County Superior Court, claiming that the July 3 social media post was entirely false, defamatory and caused irreparable harm to her reputation as a two-time World Cup-winning National Women’s Team TURN TO LAWSUIT ON 32
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SILVER SKATER In a thrilling finale, Encinitas skateboarder Jagger Eaton took home a silver medal in the Olympic men’s street competition on July 29 in Paris, narrowly losing gold to Japan’s reigning champ Yuto Horigome. Story on 17.
Vehicle chase ends in wrong-way crash By Laura Place
Blakespear, experts talk homeless Regional officials gather for summit at UCSD to discuss state of homelessness in San Diego County and California. 7
SAN MARCOS — A vehicle that fled from police in Vista on Saturday night wound up in a wrong-way collision on state Route 78 in San Marcos, law enforcement reported. Deputies with the Vista Sheriff’s were first called to the area of East Orange Street and The Circle around 11:30 p.m. in response to reports of a fight and possible stabbing,
which ended up being unfounded. However, a Honda Accord sped out of the area when law enforcement arrived and led deputies on a pursuit. The driver refused to pull over for an attempted traffic stop and ran through several red lights. Police called off the vehicle pursuit once the driver entered SR-78 goTURN TO WRONG-WAY ON 35
GIANT PANDA
The public will get a chance to see giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao for the first time on Aug. 8 at the San Diego Zoo. The pandas arrived from China earlier this summer as the first pandas to enter the United States in 21 years. Courtesy photo
Mariachi Serenata San Diego Concert Saturday, August 10th, 2024 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Band Plays 5:30p.m.- 8:30p.m.
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