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Olympic snowboarder Shaun White faces tough questions

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How Olympic snowboarder Shaun White became a part of the #MeToo conversation.

Shaun White's death-defying, near-perfect jumps in the halfpipe snowboard competition secured him a place in history as the first American male to win gold at three Winter Olympic Games. But the celebration was short-lived, as a reporter asked the athlete about a 2016 lawsuit alleging he committed sexual misconduct. William Brangham talks to Christine Brennan of USA Today.

02/14/2018

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