Maurizi started working with Callaghan when he was 13. According to an April 1999 report in the New York Times, Maurizi told U.S. Figure Skating officials in March 1999 that Callaghan began engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with him when he was 15. A sexual relationship followed when Maurizi was 18, the Times reported, and continued intermittently for several years. The skater went on to explain that it was only as an adult that he realized the relationship was not truly consensual, given his age when it began, and that Callaghan had abused his authority as a coach. At least two other male skaters came forward with accounts of sexual impropriety against Callaghan over the years, yet he was allowed to continue coaching under the auspices of U.S. Figure Skating.