Maddy Cusack’s death has left “real questions about her treatment,” a government hearing has been told, with ministers welcoming the news that the Football Association is considering an investigation into her family’s complaints.
In a meeting of the culture, media and sport committee, the chairperson, Dame Caroline Dinenage, raised the subject of Sheffield United’s handling of the case and added that there had been a “seemingly quite flawed investigation”.
Cusack, 27, was found at her parents’ house on September 20 and her family have submitted a seven-page complaint to her club alleging that Jonathan Morgan, the women’s team manager, was responsible for causing the emotional anguish, they believe, that led to her taking her own life.
Morgan has strenuously denied the claims and an external inquiry, commissioned by the club, cleared him on all matters, saying there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
Cusack’s family, however, have complained that the investigation, carried out by a retired superintendent from Northumbria police, was mishandled and had not sufficiently taken into account their oral evidence from numerous conversations with Maddy since Morgan’s appointment last February.
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