Maddy Cusack was concerned she would be stigmatised by Sheffield United and head coach Jonathan Morgan if she disclosed her mental health problems in the weeks leading up to her death, according to her father.
The former Sheffield United women’s vice-captain was found dead at her home in Horsley, Derbyshire, by her father, David Cusack, on September 20, 2023, at the age of 27. An inquest into her death at Chesterfield Coroner’s Court began on Monday, June 29, nearly three years later.
Maddy joined Sheffield United from Leicester City in 2019, having previously worked with Morgan. She went on to become the
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