Click through to listen to Alaina Legendre (née Williams) tell the story in her own words.
On Sunday, August 24, 2014 after the P&G Championships in Pittsburgh, Olympic hopeful Steven Legendre and his wife Alaina went to the hotel bar. It was there that Alaina alleges U.S. Olympic Training Center men’s coach, Vitaly Marinitch sexually assaulted her.
Since the incident isn’t mentioned as a catalyst for Vitaly’s stated voluntary resignation, the Legendres have decided to publicly share their story …
related – USA Today – Couple unhappy with USA Gymnastics handling of groping complaint
I’ve not seen any official response from USAG.
Thanks to GymCastic for their investigation on this: 1) Orange County Register, 2) Indy Star, 3 GymCastic.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 
This was their statement: “Steven and Alaina are important members of the USA Gymnastics family, and we regret that they do not feel USA Gymnastics properly supported them with the announcement of Mr. Marinitch’s resignation. The incident was one of several factors involved in the decision to end his employment. We are looking into the other issues mentioned in Steven’s and Alaina’s interview.”
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Thanks Kristin. I’ll add that to the post.
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Yes, a “resignation” two years after the incident really looks like they care a lot about how “valuable” Steven and Alaina are, “to the gymnastics community.” Give me a break!
In light of what else we’ve seen from USA Gymnastics in the wake of the Marvin Sharp and Larry Nassar revelations this incident, while not as shocking since we are dealing with adults, and how they handled it, look even more sinister.
How Steve Penny still has a job is one of the great mysteries of our age.
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