Simone Biles urges Congress to remove top US Olympic bosses
3 years, 2 months ago

Simone Biles urges Congress to remove top US Olympic bosses

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Members of the US Olympic gymnastics team have asked members of the US Senate to get rid of the US Olympic board of directors over its alleged failings in handling the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case. The world champions maintain that the board did not adequately deal with sexual abuse allegations and failed for years to take the necessary steps to protect American Olympic athletes. “We believe it is time for Congress to exercise its authority over the organisation it created by replacing the entire USOPC board with leadership willing and able to do what should have been done long ago: Responsibly investigate the systemic problem of sexual abuse within Olympic organisations – including the USOPC – and all efforts to conceal it,” wrote the women, according to the Wall Street Journal. “We believe the Board’s past actions demonstrate an unwillingness to confront the endemic problems with abuse that athletes like us have faced and a continued refusal to pursue true and necessary reform of the broken Olympic system.” Nassar allegedly molested hundreds of women and girls, under the false appearance of medical treatment.

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Sexual abuse allegations rock US Olympic & Paralympic committee; employee suspended
4 weeks ago

Sexual abuse allegations rock US Olympic & Paralympic committee; employee suspended

The Hindu  

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee placed an employee on administrative leave Thursday after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. Rocky Harris, USOPC chief of sport and athlete services, sent an email to U.S. Biathlon national team members to address …

US Olympic & Paralympic officials put coach on leave after AP reports sexual abuse allegations
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

US Olympic & Paralympic officials put coach on leave after AP reports sexual abuse allegations

Associated Press  

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee placed an employee on administrative leave Thursday after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. Rocky Harris, USOPC chief of sport and athlete services, sent an email to U.S. Biathlon national team members to address …

Simone Biles Olympics 2024: The Olympics’ biggest hero has beef with its biggest villain.
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles Olympics 2024: The Olympics’ biggest hero has beef with its biggest villain.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Though this beef has been brewing for a while, it burst into the public consciousness earlier this week, after the U.S. nabbed a gold medal in the team final and captain Biles posted some photos of her teammates and her celebrating on Instagram alongside a curious caption: “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic …

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The Independent  

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Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. The self-described “Redemption Tour,” the moniker given to a team filled with women who wanted to return to the Games for deeply personal reasons, ended with Biles and the Americans where they have almost always been since she …

Olympic qualifying wasn’t the first time Simone Biles tweaked an injury. That’s simply gymnastics
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympic qualifying wasn’t the first time Simone Biles tweaked an injury. That’s simply gymnastics

Associated Press  

PARIS — The scene looked dramatic. To the thousands of people inside Bercy Arena on Sunday during women’s gymnastics qualifying — from the A-list celebrities to the fans who had traveled from all over the globe to catch Simone Biles — it certainly felt dramatic. Afterward, Biles’ longtime coach Cecile Landi grew uncharacteristically frustrated when asked about the injury and …

How USA Gymnastics rebounded from a sexual abuse scandal ahead of the Paris Olympics
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How USA Gymnastics rebounded from a sexual abuse scandal ahead of the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — USA Gymnastics was a house afire five years ago, the massive fallout surrounding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal rendering one of the U.S. Olympic movement’s marquee programs radioactive. “They have had their ups and they have had their downs so I think that their leadership has helped evolve.” Support at home and in the arena Biles dragged …

Larry Nassar victims strike $138m deal with justice department over FBI’s bungling of assault case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Larry Nassar victims strike $138m deal with justice department over FBI’s bungling of assault case

The Independent  

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On this day in 2018: Simone Biles reveals sexual abuse torment
11 months, 3 weeks ago

On this day in 2018: Simone Biles reveals sexual abuse torment

The Independent  

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Simone Biles' husband gets trolled for undermining her success, ‘nobody even knows his name’
1 year ago

Simone Biles' husband gets trolled for undermining her success, ‘nobody even knows his name’

Hindustan Times  

Husband of four-time Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles, Simone Biles, is getting a lot of online flack for claiming he didn't know who she is was when they first met. “So it piqued my curiosity.” Owens, 28, and Biles, 26, who got married back in April -- reflected on how they first met, which is when Owens made his surprising …

Larry Nassar: A timeline of the sexual abuse allegations against the former USA Gymnastics team doctor
1 year, 6 months ago

Larry Nassar: A timeline of the sexual abuse allegations against the former USA Gymnastics team doctor

The Independent  

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Gymnastics abuse scandals inspire new measures ahead of Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

Gymnastics abuse scandals inspire new measures ahead of Olympics

The Independent  

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Gymnastics ethics agency releases new safeguarding standards for LA Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

Gymnastics ethics agency releases new safeguarding standards for LA Olympics

The Hindu  

Created to help protect athletes after the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal, the sport’s international investigations agency has set new safeguarding standards with a view to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation published a “Gymnasts 2028” strategy on Thursday to better protect athletes from harassment and abuse, investigate complaints, prosecute disciplinary cases and monitor national federations. Since …

Olympic abuse scandal: A strange twist
2 years, 3 months ago

Olympic abuse scandal: A strange twist

Raw Story  

This is a tale full of Kafkaesque twists about the efforts of the U.S. Olympic Committee and its affiliated national sport governing bodies to make it look as if they're doing something about their sexual abuse problem. SafeSport's Oct. 13, 2021, notice of allegations to Little states: It was reported to the U.S. Center for SafeSport's Response & Resolution Office …

Biles, other Olympic gymnasts seek $1bn from FBI over Nassar
2 years, 7 months ago

Biles, other Olympic gymnasts seek $1bn from FBI over Nassar

Al Jazeera  

A Justice Department watchdog had previously found that FBI agents botched the response to reports of abuse in 2015. A group of Olympic gymnasts, including gold medallists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, are among dozens of survivors of sexual abuse by sport doctor Larry Nassar who are suing the FBI for more than $1bn, their lawyers have said. …

Olympian, Nassar victim Schwikert Moser on USA Gym board
2 years, 7 months ago

Olympian, Nassar victim Schwikert Moser on USA Gym board

Associated Press  

Tasha Schwikert Moser knew she had a choice. “But someone’s got to care, right?” Schwikert Moser, who now works for a Dallas-based law firm, feels her experience as an athlete, her legal background and her passion for a sport that carried her to the 2000 Olympics and a pair of NCAA all-around titles have provided her with a skill set …

USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee reach USD 380 million settlement with Larry Nassar's sexual abuse victims
3 years ago

USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee reach USD 380 million settlement with Larry Nassar's sexual abuse victims

India Today  

More than 500 victims of former USA women's gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse reached a settlement worth $380 million with the sport's governing body - US Olympic & Paralympic Committee - and their insurers after a five-year legal battle. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday approved the agreement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and …

U.S. gymnastics, Olympics groups reach $380-million settlement with sex abuse victims
3 years ago

U.S. gymnastics, Olympics groups reach $380-million settlement with sex abuse victims

LA Times  

Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to come forward to detail sexual abuse at the hands of former U.S. gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over after a $380-million settlement was reached. “Individually and collectively, survivors have …

Simon Biles Named TIME's Athlete of The Year
3 years, 1 month ago

Simon Biles Named TIME's Athlete of The Year

News 18  

Simone Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, has been named Time magazine’s “Athlete of the Year”. The 24-year-old gymnast went to the Tokyo Olympics this year with the goal of shattering records, but instead sparked a new global dialogue about athletes’ mental health. https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1468933577958170635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1468933577958170635%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Folympics-simone-biles-named-time-magazine-athlete-of-the-year-mental-health-170752035.html In an article published on Thursday, the journal praised Biles for helping to push “mental health …

US Olympic Committee defends handling of Nassar case
3 years, 2 months ago

US Olympic Committee defends handling of Nassar case

The Hindu  

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has defended its handling of the Larry Nassar case after several top gymnasts who suffered sexual abuse under the former team doctor's care sent a letter to Congress calling for the USOPC board to be dissolved. Olympic gold medallists Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman, along with World Championships gold medallist Maggie Nichols, …

Decision to not prosecute agents in Nassar case under review
3 years, 3 months ago

Decision to not prosecute agents in Nassar case under review

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Tuesday that it is reviewing an earlier decision to decline prosecution against two former FBI agents embroiled in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse cases after new information has emerged. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the newly confirmed assistant attorney general for the department’s criminal division will …

Simone Biles says she should have quit ''way before'' 2020 Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 3 months ago

Simone Biles says she should have quit ''way before'' 2020 Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

Four-time Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles believes she should have "quit way before" this year's Tokyo Games. "I should have quit way before Tokyo, when Larry Nassar was in the media for two years. "But I was not going to let him take something I've worked for since I was six years old," she added in the interview, which was …

Biles says she should have quit before Tokyo Games
3 years, 3 months ago

Biles says she should have quit before Tokyo Games

The Hindu  

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles told New York Magazine that she should have quit gymnastics "way before Tokyo," where she suffered from a case of "twisties" that derailed her attempt at a record haul of six golds. READ: Gymnast Aly Raisman opens up about sexual abuse in TV special In an interview released on Monday, Biles told the publication …

Biles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse
3 years, 3 months ago

Biles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women. In response, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he was “deeply and profoundly sorry” for delays in Nassar’s prosecution and the …

Larry Nassar hearing: McKayla Maroney blasts FBI for ignoring abuse
3 years, 3 months ago

Larry Nassar hearing: McKayla Maroney blasts FBI for ignoring abuse

The Independent  

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Simone Biles says FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse at hands of Larry Nassar
3 years, 3 months ago

Simone Biles says FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse at hands of Larry Nassar

Firstpost  

An internal investigation by the Justice Department released in July said the FBI made fundamental errors in the probe and did not treat the case with the “utmost seriousness” after USA Gymnastics first reported the allegations to the FBI’s field office in Indianapolis in 2015. Washington: Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law …

Enough is enough: Simone Biles as she breaks down during gymnasts' abuse testimony
3 years, 3 months ago

Enough is enough: Simone Biles as she breaks down during gymnasts' abuse testimony

The Hindu  

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress through tears Wednesday that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women. Biles told the Senate Judiciary Committee that “enough is enough” as she and three other U.S. gymnasts spoke in stark emotional terms about the …

US gymnast Maroney says FBI betrayed her after she reported sexual abuse
3 years, 3 months ago

US gymnast Maroney says FBI betrayed her after she reported sexual abuse

The Hindu  

Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to seriously investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, despite her telling them he had sexually abused her. READ | Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman appear in U.S. Senate hearing on sex abuse probe It was not until July of this year, …

Biles tells Congress 'enough is enough' after gymnast abuse
3 years, 3 months ago

Biles tells Congress 'enough is enough' after gymnast abuse

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles …

Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman appear in U.S. Senate hearing on sex abuse probe
3 years, 3 months ago

Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman appear in U.S. Senate hearing on sex abuse probe

The Hindu  

Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman appeared on Wednesday to testify about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, as the U.S. Senate examines why the FBI failed to investigate his crimes sooner. Biles and Raisman appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside their fellow former Olympic team-mate McKayla Maroney and …

READ: Biles, Maroney, Raisman and Nichols opening statements before Congress
3 years, 3 months ago

READ: Biles, Maroney, Raisman and Nichols opening statements before Congress

CNN  

CNN — USA gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about the FBI’s botched investigation into abuse allegations against Larry Nassar. Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify about the Office of the Inspector General’s ’s “Investigation and Review of …

Simone Biles, other gymnasts criticize FBI’s handling of Larry Nassar case at hearing
3 years, 3 months ago

Simone Biles, other gymnasts criticize FBI’s handling of Larry Nassar case at hearing

LA Times  

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Sept. 15 in Washington. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress on Wednesday that “enough is enough” in emotional testimony along with other young gymnasts about her sexual abuse at the hands of USA …

Simone Biles and Other US Gymnasts to Testify in Nassar Abuse Before Senate Committee
3 years, 3 months ago

Simone Biles and Other US Gymnasts to Testify in Nassar Abuse Before Senate Committee

News 18  

US Olympic and world champion gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman are to testify before a Senate committee on Wednesday looking into FBI failures in investigating sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar, the committee said. Biles, Maroney, Raisman and another former gymnast, Maggie Nichols, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the “FBI’s dereliction of …

Tokyo Olympics: USA Gymnastics needs more reckoning with Nassar and Karolyi scandals.
55 years ago

Tokyo Olympics: USA Gymnastics needs more reckoning with Nassar and Karolyi scandals.

Slate  

The uneven bars began, like all of women’s gymnastics, as a balance event, meant to showcase some flexibility and a lot of ladylike panache. Shortly after the Olympics mayhem died down, the Indianapolis Star broke a horrific story: USAG’s longtime physician, Larry Nassar, was being accused of multiple accounts of heinous sexual abuse of the minors in his care. You …

Why gymnast Simone Biles has transcended her sport
3 years, 5 months ago

Why gymnast Simone Biles has transcended her sport

Al Jazeera  

As far as Biles’s achievements go, perhaps those at the Tokyo Olympics have been her most impressive. British journalist Piers Morgan, whose mission in life appears to be rubbishing the mental health challenges of women of colour, described her withdrawal as “a joke” and “weakness”. Although USA Olympics and the International Olympic Committee came out in support of Biles, the …

Team USA star McKayla Maroney says she was forced to compete on a broken foot by Larry Nassar
3 years, 5 months ago

Team USA star McKayla Maroney says she was forced to compete on a broken foot by Larry Nassar

The Independent  

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles supported by US gymnasts, other athletes, celebrities
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles supported by US gymnasts, other athletes, celebrities

Firstpost  

Putting her mental struggles in front of the world saw Biles join a growing number of world-class athletes from across sport, such as Naomi Osaka and Michael Phelps, who have opened up about coping with stress and the mental grind and toll of their success. US Olympic star Simone Biles received support from fellow gymnasts, other athletes and celebrities after …

2021 Olympics: Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around final
3 years, 5 months ago

2021 Olympics: Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around final

New York Times  

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics in order to focus on her mental health, USA Gymnastics announced Wednesday. In a statement, USA Gymnastics said that Biles will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual event finals. “Her courage shows, yet again, why she is …

Column: Simone Biles pulls out of women’s gymnastics final, lets world know it’s OK to not be OK
3 years, 5 months ago

Column: Simone Biles pulls out of women’s gymnastics final, lets world know it’s OK to not be OK

LA Times  

Her heart was in it, but her head was not. And when Simone Biles lost her bearings midair during a relatively simple vault in the first rotation of the women’s team competition, she knew the risks were too great for her to continue attempting to perform the dazzling skills she had always pulled off with an assurance that disguised their …

Simone Biles out of Tokyo Olympics all-around gymnastics final
3 years, 5 months ago

Simone Biles out of Tokyo Olympics all-around gymnastics final

LA Times  

Simone Biles walks alone after the women’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Simone Biles, who withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team competition Tuesday to focus on mental health issues that dented her confidence in her ability to perform the difficult moves that have defined her brilliant career, will not compete in the women’s all-around event final Thursday. …

Simone Biles withdraws from women’s team gymnastics at Tokyo Olympics as ROC wins gold
3 years, 5 months ago

Simone Biles withdraws from women’s team gymnastics at Tokyo Olympics as ROC wins gold

CNN  

Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo CNN — Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s team gymnastics final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday, citing mental heath concerns as she attempts to protect “her body and mind.” After the final – won by the the Russia Olympic Committee – Biles broke down in tears as she explained her decision. Following Biles’ withdrawal, …

Tokyo 2020: Have to protect my mental health, says USA gymnast Simone Biles after skipping women's team final
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Have to protect my mental health, says USA gymnast Simone Biles after skipping women's team final

India Today  

Superstar American gymnast Simone Biles revealed on Tuesday that she pulled out of the women's team final at the Tokyo Olympics because of mental health issues and not due to injury. Four-time Olympic gold medallist Biles shocked everyone at Tokyo 2020 by deciding to skip the women's team final event and saw Russia clinch the gold medal by beating team …

‘Still our GOAT’: Social media reacts to Simone Biles pulling out of team competition
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Still our GOAT’: Social media reacts to Simone Biles pulling out of team competition

LA Times  

Simone Biles wrote Monday on Instagram, “I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times” and “the olympics is no joke!” The next day, the U.S. gymnastics superstar pulled herself out of the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics, citing her mental health and saying she did not want to hurt herself …

Watchdog: FBI mishandled Nassar-USA Gymnastics abuse case
3 years, 5 months ago

Watchdog: FBI mishandled Nassar-USA Gymnastics abuse case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI made “fundamental” errors in investigating sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and did not treat the case with the “utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department’s inspector general said Wednesday. The inspector general’s office found that “despite the extraordinarily serious nature” of the claims against Nassar, FBI officials in Indianapolis did not …

Australian gymnastics riddled with toxic culture, sexual abuse- investigation says
3 years, 8 months ago

Australian gymnastics riddled with toxic culture, sexual abuse- investigation says

The Hindu  

An independent review into gymnastics in Australia has heard evidence of a toxic culture that contributed to physical, emotional and sexual abuse of young athletes. Gymnastics Australia last August asked the Australian Human Rights Commission to examine the sport’s culture and practices following complaints from at least 20 former gymnasts, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalists, about physical and mental …

Investigation reports toxic culture in Australian gymnastics
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation reports toxic culture in Australian gymnastics

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — An independent review into gymnastics in Australia has received evidence of a toxic culture that contributed to physical, emotional and sexual abuse of young athletes. Gymnastics Australia last August asked the Australian Human Rights Commission to examine the sport’s culture and practices following complaints from at least 20 former gymnasts, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalists, about …

Gymnastics: Former U.S. Olympics coach Geddert commits suicide after being charged
3 years, 10 months ago

Gymnastics: Former U.S. Olympics coach Geddert commits suicide after being charged

The Hindu  

Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who had ties to disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar and was charged earlier on Thursday with human trafficking and sexual assault, since died by suicide, authorities said. Geddert was coach of the women's team known as the "Fierce Five" that won gold at the 2012 Olympics and the former owner of the Lansing-area …

Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after abuse charges
3 years, 10 months ago

Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after abuse charges

Al Jazeera  

A former United States Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar killed himself on Thursday, hours after being charged with turning his Michigan gym into a hub of human trafficking by coercing girls to train and then abusing them. The charges against Geddert had “very little to do” with Nassar, said Assistant Attorney General Danielle Hagaman-Clark. …

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others
3 years, 10 months ago

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

Associated Press  

A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach’s apparent suicide hours after being charged Thursday with crimes, including sexual assault, human trafficking and running a criminal enterprise is the latest fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving former Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar. The same day, MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. announced the resignation of Provost June Youatt, saying the …

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