Meeting in USA Gymnastics bankruptcy called ‘frustrating’

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three women suing USA Gymnastics over alleged sexual abuse by sports doctor Larry Nassar expressed frustration with its chief financial officer’s lack of answers Thursday during a creditors meeting in the group’s bankruptcy case, with one calling it “one big I-don’t-know.” Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics filed for Chapter 11 protection in December in... Read More

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December 6, 2018

USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

USA Gymnastics is turning to bankruptcy in an attempt to ensure its survival. The embattled organization filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Wednesday in an effort to reach settlements in the dozens of sex-abuse lawsuits it faces and to avoid its potential demise at the hands of the U.S. Olympic Committee. USA Gymnastics filed... Read More

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USA Gymnastics, USAG

November 6, 2018

USOC moves to shut down USA Gymnastics after Nassar scandal

The U.S. Olympic Committee took steps Monday to decertify USA Gymnastics as the governing body for the sport at the Olympic level, choosing to pursue the nuclear option for an organization that botched its own rebuilding attempt in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar. In an open letter to... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

October 30, 2018

Sisters file lawsuits in USA Gymnastics sex-abuse scandal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Olympic gymnast and her sister, who also competed on the national team, filed lawsuits Monday that claim USA Gymnastics enabled and failed to prevent sexual abuse by the team’s former doctor, Larry Nassar. The U.S. Olympic Committee and Nassar are also named as defendants in the civil suits filed... Read More

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Jordan Schwikert, Larry Nassar, Tasha Schwikert, USAG

October 30, 2018

Ex-USA Gymnastics head pleads not guilty to tampering count

HOUSTON (AP) — The former president of USA Gymnastics pleaded not guilty in a Texas courtroom Monday to a charge of tampering with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar. Prosecutors accuse Steve Penny of destroying or hiding documents related to Nassar’s activities at the Karolyi Ranch, the ex-national training... Read More

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Larry Nassar, Steve Penny, USAG

October 15, 2018

Ex-lawmaker Mary Bono hired as USA Gymnastics interim CEO

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics has hired former Congresswoman Mary Bono as interim president and chief executive officer. The organization announced the move Friday. Bono will hold the position while USA Gymnastics searches for a permanent successor to Kerry Perry, who resigned under pressure from the United States Olympic Committee in September after spending nine... Read More

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Mary Bono, USAG

September 5, 2018

Another USA Gymnastics president resigns in Nassar fallout

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — USA Gymnastics president Kerry Perry is the latest person to resign in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal surrounding former sports doctor Larry Nassar. Perry late last year replaced Steve Penn, who also had resigned after the Nassar case broke. Numerous other people have been criminally charged, fired or forced... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

August 20, 2018

USA Gymnastics president: mediation with Nassar survivors

BOSTON (AP) — The legal portion of the Larry Nassar scandal at USA Gymnastics may soon be over. USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry said representatives for both the organization and athletes who were abused by Nassar — a former national team doctor who abused hundreds of women under the guise of medical treatment — met... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

July 25, 2018

Senator to USOC, USAG: Take legal responsibility for abuse

Senators questioned the sincerity of reforms at the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University in the wake of sex-abuse scandals — using legal papers, emails and accounts of conversations to portray organizations that still don’t fully grasp the pain they inflicted. At a hearing Tuesday in Washington, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

April 23, 2018

Karolyis to NBC: ‘No way’ they knew about doctor’s behavior

NEW YORK (AP) — Former USA Gymnastics women’s national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and husband Bela tell NBC they were unaware of the abusive behavior by a former national team doctor now serving decades in prison. Martha Karolyi led the national team for 15 years before retiring after the 2016 Rio Olympics. She tells Savannah... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

March 5, 2018

Olympic star Raisman files suit against USOC, USA Gymnastics

Aly Raisman spent months urging the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics to get serious about taking a long hard look into how Larry Nassar’s abusive conduct was allowed to run unchecked for so long. Frustrated by what she considers a lack of progress, the six-time Olympic medalist is hoping she can get some answers... Read More

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Aly Raisman, Larry Nassar, USAG

January 24, 2018

‘Enjoy hell:’ Doctor’s sentence next for assaulting gymnasts

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After listening to the riveting pleas of more than 150 victims, a judge is set to sentence a Michigan doctor who parlayed his reputation and personal charm into years of sexual abuse by molesting Olympic gymnasts and other young female athletes instead of solving their sports injuries. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina will... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

January 23, 2018

Judge: Victims of sports doc are ‘sister survivor warriors’

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The judge overseeing the sentencing of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar said Monday that more than 120 girls and women who had given statements so far at the five-day hearing were “sister survivor warriors.” “I want you to know that your face and the face of all of the sister... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

January 23, 2018

Top gymnastics board members resign in wake of abuse case

Three top board members of USA Gymnastics resigned and the man who coached the 2012 Olympic team was suspended Monday, after calls from angry gymnasts who say the organization did nothing to protect them after they were abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar. Chairman Paul Parilla, vice chair Jay Binder and treasurer Bitsy Kelley... Read More

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Larry Nassar, USAG

Meeting in USA Gymnastics bankruptcy called ‘frustrating’

USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

USOC moves to shut down USA Gymnastics after Nassar scandal

Sisters file lawsuits in USA Gymnastics sex-abuse scandal

Ex-USA Gymnastics head pleads not guilty to tampering count

Ex-lawmaker Mary Bono hired as USA Gymnastics interim CEO

Another USA Gymnastics president resigns in Nassar fallout

USA Gymnastics president: mediation with Nassar survivors

Senator to USOC, USAG: Take legal responsibility for abuse

Karolyis to NBC: ‘No way’ they knew about doctor’s behavior

Olympic star Raisman files suit against USOC, USA Gymnastics

‘Enjoy hell:’ Doctor’s sentence next for assaulting gymnasts

Judge: Victims of sports doc are ‘sister survivor warriors’

Top gymnastics board members resign in wake of abuse case

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