{"id":124,"date":"2017-11-16T23:46:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T23:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2017\/11\/16\/addressing-dianas-op-ed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:17:13","slug":"addressing-dianas-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/addressing-dianas-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Diana\u2019s Op-ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update, 7 Sep 2019:<\/strong> Integrated new evidence from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/further-proof-that-nyad-fabricated-her-abuse-story\/\">New Evidence\u2026.<\/a>\u201d Edited post for readability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update, 29 June 2019<\/strong>: Last August, the <em>NY Times<\/em> quietly issued a \u201ccorrection\u201d to a critical paragraph of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/opinion\/diana-nyad-sexual-assault.html\">Nyad\u2019s piece<\/a>. The time and location of the initial episode of alleged abuse, originally the state championships at her school (Pine Crest), became just \u201ca swim meet.\u201d The <em>Times<\/em> left all of Nyad\u2019s other fabrications intact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&lt;\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)&gt;&lt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&gt;&lt;((\u0317(\u0302(\u00b0&gt;<\/p>\n<p>All quotes come from <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/opinion\/diana-nyad-sexual-assault.html\">Nyad\u2019s article<\/a> unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<h3>1. 1964 \u2014 Location of the Meet<\/h3>\n<pre>\"That summer, our school hosted the state championships. It was a big deal, and I was a star in the middle of it all. In between the afternoon preliminaries and the night finals, bursting with confidence, I went over to Coach\u2019s house for a nap.\" (Archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171109122915\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/09\/opinion\/diana-nyad-sexual-assault.html\">Internet Wayback Machine<\/a> and at <a href=\"https:\/\/leisureguy.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/09\/diana-nyad-my-life-after-sexual-assault\/\">Later On<\/a>.)<\/pre>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1759\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 205px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1759\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marondahomes.com\/blog\/community-spotlight\/gainesville-fl-bigger-always-better\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1759\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/welcome_to_gainesville.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 85vw, 205px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/welcome_to_gainesville-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/welcome_to_gainesville-2.jpg 332w\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"176\" data-attachment-id=\"1759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/addressing-dianas-op-ed\/welcome_to_gainesville\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/welcome_to_gainesville.jpg?fit=332%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,285\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"welcome_to_gainesville\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;photo courtesy of www.seefloridago.com&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/welcome_to_gainesville.jpg?fit=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/welcome_to_gainesville.jpg?fit=332%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marondahomes.com\/blog\/community-spotlight\/gainesville-fl-bigger-always-better\/\">Maronda Homes<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Nyad\u2019s school, Pine Crest, did not hold the state championships that summer, so Nyad could not have napped at her coach\u2019s house. Pine Crest was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1964, the state meet <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_state_meet_gainesville.jpg\">took place in Gainesville<\/a>, over 300 miles away.<\/li>\n<li>Pine Crest could not have hosted a state meet or a championship of any kind in 1964. The school had only a <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20_yard_pool_at_Pine_Crest_until_1965_.jpg\">four-lane 20-yard pool<\/a> and no diving well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>2. 1964\u2014Results of Nyad\u2019s Race<\/h3>\n<p>Nyad elaborates on the 1964 state meet in her 2015 memoir,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/find-a-way-the-inspiring-story-of-a-champions-lifelong-triumph-9780804172912\/2-3\"><em>Find a Way<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre>\"I lost my race that night, unheard of at that point, at the state level.\" (p. 46)<\/pre>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1730\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 230px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1730\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_state_meet_gainesville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1730\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail-2.jpg 668w\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"122\" data-attachment-id=\"1730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail.jpg?fit=668%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"668,355\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail.jpg?fit=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_state_meet_gainesville_detail.jpg?fit=668%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyad\u2019s winning race at the 1964 state meet in Gainesville.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>She won her race that night.<\/li>\n<li>A week earlier, at the district meet\u2014again, not at Pine Crest but <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1964_districts_stranahan_hs.jpg\">at Stranahan High School<\/a>\u2014she <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/nyad_2nd_at_districts_1964___winning_time_1_06_8.jpg\">lost her race<\/a>. She had also lost races the year before. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NYAD_3rd_in_13_14_110_backstroke__Feb__1963.jpg\">Fort Lauderdale Invitational<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fort_lauderdale_invitational_meet_detail.jpg\">detail<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/forida_gold_coast_sr__short_course_championships_.jpg\">Gold Coast Championships<\/a>. So losing was definitely heard of by the time Nyad swam in the state meet. However\u2026<\/li>\n<li>\u20261964 was the first time that Nyad swam in a state meet, so she\u2019s right about never having lost at the state level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Number of episodes of abuse<\/h3>\n<pre>That first savage episode signaled the beginning of years of covert molestation.<\/pre>\n<p>When Nyad\u2019s abuse allegations appeared in print in 1998, she said there were two incidents. By 2007, she spoke of seven. In 2014, Nyad alleged abuse \u201c[t]hroughout high school.\u201d In the op-ed, it\u2019s \u201cyears of covert molestation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I address Nyad\u2019s changing story in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/the-new-york-times-diana-nyad-problem\/\"><em>The New York Times\u2019<\/em> Diana Nyad Problem<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>4. 21 in \u201971<\/h3>\n<pre>I first gave voice to the details of the years of humiliation when I was 21.<\/pre>\n<p>That would have been unlikely if not impossible.<\/p>\n<p>On or about July 29, 1971, less than a month before Nyad\u2019s 22nd birthday and four days after her most difficult swim to date, she wrote to Jack Nelson:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve been in four marathon swims now, and after each one I\u2019ve heard the winner say he\u2019d never do it again. I said the same thing, and now, four days later, I\u2019m planning to enter another very soon. These swims have a deep-felt effect on me. I need to share them with someone who is capable of understanding. (<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y9slsabs\"><em>Sports Illustrated<\/em><\/a>, 6 Dec 1971)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In order to talk about her alleged abuse when she was 21, Nyad would have had to unburden herself within a few weeks of writing Nelson. That would not be possible for at least two reasons: first, it would have required an alarmingly immediate change of heart; second, she had that other race to swim, shortly after which she left for England. From England, she traveled to France for a six-month study abroad program. She returned home well after she turned 22.<\/p>\n<p>For details, see \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/further-proof-that-nyad-fabricated-her-abuse-story\/\">New Evidence that Diana Nyad Fabricated Her Abuse Story<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>5. Speaking Out for Fifty Years<\/h3>\n<pre>I\u2019ve been speaking out, loud and strong, for nearly five decades now.<\/pre>\n<p>No, she hadn\u2019t. \u201cNearly five decades\u201d places her in the late 1960s, maybe early 1970s. But she began speaking out, as far as I can tell, around 1998\u2014so, less than two decades before her op-ed appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Some evidence exists that she went public in 1989, though I suspect a transposition error. See the last section of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/further-proof-that-nyad-fabricated-her-abuse-story#lastsection\">New Evidence\u2026<\/a>\u201d for more.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update, 11 September 2020:<\/strong> The error is mine. I came across two 1992 articles that describe Nyad making her abuse claims. And her purported appearance on a TV talk show in 1989 couldn\u2019t have happened much later than that. For more, see \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/department-of-corrections-diana-nyad-on-people-are-talking-1989\/\">Department of Corrections: Diana Nyad on People are Talking, 1989<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Update, 31 September 2023: See the video of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2kllTnvX4nY\">Nyad\u2019s 1989 appearance on <em>People are Talking<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>6. 1971\u2014Confronting Coach<\/h3>\n<pre>\"I was 21 when I told someone the whole horrid saga for the first time. I took a weekend trip to Michigan to celebrate the birthday of my best friend from high school, and every heinous detail, every recounted word, came spewing forth....\" \r\n\r\n\"[W]e confronted Coach, in front of our high school principal and the school\u2019s lawyer.... The next day he was fired....\"<\/pre>\n<p>Nyad could not have done any of this when she was 21\u2014except for maybe the trip to Michigan to celebrate her friend\u2019s birthday. Nyad wouldn\u2019t have unburdened herself to her friend until she (Nyad) was at least 22 if she ever did so at all. See above and\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/further-proof-that-nyad-fabricated-her-abuse-story\/\">New Evidence<\/a>\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the confrontation with her coach, Nyad doesn\u2019t give an exact date but implies that it happened soon after telling her friend. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/us\/2017\/11\/10\/diana-nyad-sexual-harassment-baldwin-intv-sot-nr.cnn\">interview with CNN<\/a> two days after her op-ed appeared, Nyad says: \u201cI went into the principal\u2019s office at age 21\u2026\u201d (1:22). That would make the year either 1970 or 1971. Again, impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Nelson, the coach whom Nyad doesn\u2019t name in her op-ed but has no qualms about naming elsewhere, didn\u2019t leave Pine Crest <a href=\"http:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/articles\/nelson_resigns.jpg\">until 1975<\/a>. He announced his resignation in March of that year but stayed on through July.<\/p>\n<p>So Nyad fabricated her whole story. And none of it jibes, of course, with the heartfelt note she wrote to Nelson just before her 22nd birthday.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Other Victims<\/h3>\n<pre>\"Well, Diana, hold on to your hat because the same thing happened to me....\u201d And we soon learned that it wasn\u2019t just the two of us. It never is.<\/pre>\n<p>Nyad elaborates on this in\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/find-a-way-the-inspiring-story-of-a-champions-lifelong-triumph-9780804172912\/2-3\"><em>Find a Way<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre>\"After the \u201976 Games, the managing editor of Sports Illustrated remarked to me that everybody in the swimming world knew of this coach's sex crimes and would shake their heads that he got away with it for so long.... Many of those cases are finally coming to justice now.\" (pp. 59-60)<\/pre>\n<p>There have never been any such cases. Beyond Nyad\u2019s statements, there is no evidence for any of the abuse she alleges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">&gt;&lt;(<b>(\u0317<\/b>(\u0302(\u00b0&gt;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>&lt;\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)&gt;&lt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What kind of person would feign sexual abuse in order to gain attention?<\/p>\n<p>A sociopath would. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/-9780767915823\"><em>The Sociopath Next Door<\/em><\/a>, Dr. Martha Stout writes that there is one dependable way to identify a sociopath:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[T]he best clue is, of all things, the pity play. The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely, an appeal to our sympathy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s Diana in the middle of her op-ed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I didn\u2019t suffer the Holocaust. I\u2019ve never been through the horrors of war. I don\u2019t paint my youth as tragic, yet I spent every day of my high school years terrified that it would be yet another day that he would summon me after practice, for a humiliating ride in his car or a disgusting hour in the motel down the street.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">&lt;\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)&gt;&lt;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>&gt;&lt;(<b>(\u0317<\/b>(\u0302(\u00b0&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The abuse Nyad describes is horrendous. I want to believe anyone courageous enough to come forward with such information. However, after having spent the last three years documenting both Diana\u2019s propensity for deceit and her thirst for adoration, I\u2019ve learned that Diana Nyad is far from courageous. She is shameless, self-absorbed, and dishonest. 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