Editing Tonya Harding (section)

===USFSA disciplinary panel meeting in June===
On June 29, 1994, the USFSA disciplinary panel met for nine hours over two days to consider Harding's alleged role in the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/30/sports/sports-people-figure-skating-harding-punishment-under-consideration.html |title=Harding Punishment Under Consideration |date=June 30, 1994 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-status=live |access-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812054143/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/30/sports/sports-people-figure-skating-harding-punishment-under-consideration.html |archive-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> On June 30, chairman William Hybl stated,
: "By a [[Burden of proof (law)|preponderance of the evidence]], the panel did conclude that she had prior knowledge and was involved prior to the incident. This is based on [[Civil procedure in the United States|civil standards]], not [[United States criminal procedure|criminal standards]] ... bank records, phone records – the way they came together to establish a case."
The panel decided that pertinent FBI reports, court documents, and Harding's March 16 plea agreement presented:
: "a clear disregard for fairness, good sportsmanship, and ethical behaviour."<ref name="USFSA decision"/>
Harding did not attend or participate in the two-day hearing. Weaver said the decision disappointed her, but was not a surprise, and that she had not decided on an appeal.<ref name="1994-title">{{cite news |title=U.S. title is taken back from Harding |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 1, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/01/sports/figure-skating-us-title-is-taken-back-from-harding.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131015035/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/01/sports/figure-skating-us-title-is-taken-back-from-harding.html |archive-date=January 31, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Christine |last=Brennan |author-link=Christine Brennan |date=July 1, 1994 |title=Harding stripped of title; banned for life |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_070194.htm |url-status=live |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715171131/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_070194.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> Harding was stripped of her 1994 U.S. Championship title, and banned for life from participating in USFSA events as either a skater or coach. The USFSA has no authority over professional skating events, but after the scandal, Harding was ''[[persona non grata]]'' on the pro circuit. Few skaters and promoters would work with her, and she did not benefit from the ensuing boom in professional skating after the scandal.<ref name="Ham&Ben">{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Scott |author1-link=Scott Hamilton (figure skater) |first2=Lorenzo |last2=Benet |title=Landing It: My Life On and Off the Ice |year=1999 |publisher=Kensington Books |isbn=1-57566-466-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/landingitmylifeo00hami }}</ref>