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Origins. Since 1990, USA Gymnastics has kept a list of people permanently banned from coaching for sexual abuse and other reasons. The list includes Robert Dean Head, a USAG coach in Kentucky who in 1992 pled guilty to raping a 12-year-old, and Don Peters, the national coach for the 1984 Olympic team, who was banned in 2011 after two former gymnasts accused him of sexual abuse.
Larry Nassar. Lawrence Gerard Nassar (born August 16, 1963) [4] is an American serial child rapist and former family medicine physician. For 18 years, he was the team doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team, where he used his position to exploit and sexually assault hundreds of young athletes.
Nassar was at the center of the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal when it was revealed that for at least 14 years of his career as the team doctor and an osteopathic physician at Michigan State ...
John Gerald Geddert (December 21, 1957 – February 25, 2021) was an American artistic gymnastics coach, who was a head coach of the gold-medal 2012 U.S. women's Olympic team and regular coach of team member Jordyn Wieber. [1] He retired when suspended by USA Gymnastics in 2018 after being implicated in the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal ...
A years-long lawsuit between USA Gymnastics and 500-plus abuse survivors has reached its conclusion. Nassar survivors reach $380 million settlement with USAG, per report [Video] Skip to main content
On July 28, 2015, then USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny, along with an attorney and a USAG board member walked into the FBI’s Indianapolis field office, not far from USAG headquarters.
Rachael Joy Denhollander (née Moxon; born December 8, 1984) is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, of sexual assault. [1] Denhollander is 2018 Glamour Woman of the Year and was included in Time magazine's 100 Most ...
University of Washington [1] Occupation. Businessman. Known for. Former president of USA Gymnastics. Stephen D. Penny Jr. (born 1964) is an American businessman and sports administrator. He was president and CEO of USA Gymnastics (USAG) from 2005 until 2017, and is a key figure in the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.