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Deborah added her daughter was “relieved but surprised” at being offered a full-time contract to play for Sheffield United in June 2023.<\/p>\n
The inquest heard Maddy was “anxious” about how she would split the roles – with her combined salary being less than it was previously. <\/p>\n
Deborah said the contract process was “shambolic”.<\/p>\n
She added players who were sidelined by Morgan would send text messages between them to “get them through” it.<\/p>\n
“They were sidelined but they were together,” Deborah said.<\/p>\n
“She referred to them being in prison, on parole when playing and Morgan was the prison warden.”<\/p>\n
Deborah said she took her daughter to her GP, but added Maddy was concerned about being signed off work for mental health issues, and feared being stigmatised<\/a>. She was signed off as being “generally unwell”.<\/p>\n The club’s doctor, Dr Subhashis Basu, told the inquest on Thursday that Maddy’s medical records from her time at United had been lost.<\/p>\n Asked by assistant coroner Sophie Cartwright KC why he did not bring this to the attention of the coronial investigation, Basu said: “If that question had been asked to me directly, I would have done.”<\/p>\n Dean Armstrong KC, representing the Cusack family, asked Dr Basu why he did not go to United’s data protection officer about the data loss.<\/p>\n He said: “My view was to contact the medical records company first to try and address the problem. I believe I did raise it.”<\/p>\n He later added: “I was slow to report that. I did raise it eventually.”<\/p>\n The inquest continues.<\/p>\n If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, support and advice is available <\/i>via the BBC Action Line<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n