(CNN) - Longtime coach Richard Callaghan has been permanently banned from US Figure Skating after he was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing an underage figure skater. US Figure Skating adopted the sanction, effective Wednesday, it said on its website. Figure Skating." Schmidt, now 34, is a former member of the US National Figure Skating Team, his lawyers said. Callaghan coached figure skater Tara Lipinski to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

(CNN) - A figure skater has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime US Figure Skating coach Richard Callaghan of sexually abusing him for approximately two years, beginning when he was about 14. Schmidt, now 34, is a former member of the US National Figure Skating Team, his lawyers said. The coach remained "in good-standing" with the US Figure Skating Association, which was aware of allegation by the alleged victim, but dismissed it, the lawsuit alleges. The US Figure Skating Association and a Michigan ice skating center are also identified as defendants in the lawsuit. Figure Skating."