The Orange County Register last week reported Burckle's allegation that she received "aggressive" sexually graphic text messages and a voicemail from a phone belonging to Bowman in May of 2011, the year after she retired from the sport.

Burckle, 32, told the newspaper the messages were sent by Bowman and Sean Hutchison. Hutchison is the coach accused by former Olympian Ariana Kukors of sexually abusing her when she was a minor, although he has said they had a consensual relationship only after she became an adult. "I regret the exercise of poor judgment in being involved one evening seven years ago with inappropriate communications," Bowman said in a statement this week. "I promptly apologized to the person to whom the communications were sent, and my apology was accepted. "I have nothing further to say at this time."