Video camera found in a locker room?
Merde!
This is a real black eye on the otherwise excellent University of Illinois Men’s Gymnastics Program.
Valdez was slated to replace legendary coach Yoshi Hayasaki after this season.
John Valdez, who coached Justin Spring at the Beijing Olympics, was charged Tuesday with one count of unauthorized videotaping, Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said. The charge is a Class 4 felony and carries a potential sentence of one to three years in prison.
Valdez resigned from the university in October, citing personal issues.
A gymnast training on Sept. 25 with Valdez in the gym used by the men’s gymnastics team noticed a handheld video camera partially hidden under a T-shirt in an open locker, Rietz said.
The 22-year-old gymnast, who is a student, reported the camera to Valdez, but later called campus police and found the incident had never been reported to them, the prosecutor said.
Police who later searched the 40-year-old Valdez’s Urbana home found the camera.
“The images had been deleted, but the technicians were able to restore the deleted images,” Rietz said. She didn’t immediately comment on what was on the tape.
Former Illinois coach charged in videotaping – Daily Herald
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