No criminal charges are being filed after an investigation into sexual abuse allegations made against former Amateur Athletic Union executive Robert `` Bobby '' Dodd , police in Memphis , Tennessee , said Tuesday . Ralph West -- a man who publicly accused Dodd of repeated sexual abuse in the 1980s when he was a teenager and Dodd was a Memphis-based YMCA coach -- has told investigators he does not plan to file a criminal offense report against Dodd , said police Sgt . Karen Rudolph . No one else has stepped forward to file a complaint since the allegations broke , and as a result , Rudolph said , police will `` not move forward '' with the case . `` If someone does file a complaint , we will investigate it , '' she said . `` It is unknown '' why West decided not to file a report against Dodd , Rudolph said . West and another former sports player who chose to remain anonymous were featured on ESPN 's `` Outside the Lines '' program in December , detailing some of the abuse allegations . AAU officials said that in November , before the ESPN report aired , they had received anonymous phone calls and e-mail messages accusing Dodd of inappropriate behavior . The AAU hired a private investigator and launched its own internal investigation to scrutinize the anonymous tips . Dodd , 63 , the AAU 's longtime president and CEO , was dismissed on November 14 , a week after allegations first began arriving . After a monthlong probe , the AAU went to police , the organization 's interim president told CNN . `` We formed our own internal investigative process , and then once we found out who the accusers were , we immediately went to the police department , '' said Louis Stout . `` We did n't sit on this . No one has acted improperly within the Amateur Athletic Union regarding these accusations . '' Steve Farese , Dodd 's lawyer , told CNN Tuesday that he is not surprised that no charges are being filed . `` The world has changed and it 's not for the better , '' he said , `` because now , unsubstantiated claims can be spread through the media and the Internet and destroy a 30-year body of good work . It 's unfortunate ESPN decided to use a man 's life to sell ads . '' West and the player who remained anonymous had told ESPN the sexual abuse firestorm surrounding Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky prompted them to come forward . The YMCA said Dodd left in 1992 `` to pursue AAU sports full-time , '' including founding an organization called the YOMCA , which stands for Youth of Memphis Competitive Association and is unrelated to the YMCA . Dodd is now recovering from colon cancer surgery at his home in Florida , Farese said .
Robert Dodd had been accused of sexual abuse in the past . Robert Dodd , one of two who filed the complaint , has opted not to file a report , police say . Police Sgt . Karen Rudolph : ` ` If someone does file a complaint , we will investigate it ''