A former Gymnastics coach who sent more than 100 girls to be treated by Nassar was unexpectedly allow to speak on the the second day of Nassar’s sentencing in Lansing, Michigan.
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Nassar victim impact statements
She watched him the whole time. Kyle Stephens stood in Courtroom 5 of the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, steps away from the man who molested her throughout her childhood, and she looked right at him.
Stephens decided two weeks ago to go public—to let the world know her name and see her face. But Larry Nassar needed no introduction. He has known Stephens since she was six years old …
Statements will continue all week.
To catch up on the issues I’d recommend listening to GymCastic 287: Simone and Maggie Too.
McKayla Maroney can speak
USA Gymnastics said Tuesday evening it will not pursue any money from McKayla Maroney if she speaks publicly about alleged abuse. …
Maroney, who first shared her story via Twitter, signed a nondisclosure agreement in December 2016, agreeing to stay quiet about the abuse she experienced as part of a $1.25 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, part of which she said would be used for psychological treatment. …
That’s the right thing to do … regardless of the motivations of USAG. And their lawyers.
The wrong thing to do was to enter into that agreement with McKayla in the first place.
Paul Ziert posted a response from USAG:
In 2016, McKayla Maroney’s attorney at the time, Gloria Allred, approached USA Gymnastics, requesting that the organization participate in a confidential mediation process.
The concept of confidentiality was initiated by McKayla’s attorney, not USA Gymnastics. …
The settlement was paid fully from insurance policy proceeds. The individuals in the chain of approval were: USA Gymnastics leadership (Paul Parillla, Board chair; Steve Penny, CEO); Peggy Holm, USA Gymnastics defense counsel; and a representative of the insurance carrier. …
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To me and to everyone I’ve talked to that agreement looks like hush money.
USAG needs show evidence that the FBI directed them to stay silent. Otherwise a payoff to one athlete — especially if at cost to other victims after that payoff — is a cover-up.
mainstream media world-wide covering Nassar
Gymnastics is in the headlines everywhere.
How many parents in future are going to avoid the sport for their children, … just in case? 🙁
On the up side, children who do participate in Gymnastics should be safer. Education programs will be emphasizing coaching ethics and child safety.
The rule of two. (Or Three.) Here’s the Coaching Association of Canada version:
… calls for at least two screened and National Coaching Certification Program-certified coaches to be present with an athlete, especially a minor athlete, when the athletes is in a potentially vulnerable situation.
Of course some of the mainstream media doesn’t understand Gymnastics. But they do understand headlines.
I messaged Dr. JONATHAN LAPOOK of CBS NEWS yesterday explaining they had the headline wrong. Nassar was a doctor, never a coach.
They still hadn’t fixed their mistake as of today. No response from Lapook.
Craig Heap on the Ranch
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Aly Raisman says USAG does not care
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One positive note, USAG President Kerry Perry attended the Nassar sentencing today.
Nassar exposé on ESPN
Simone #MeToo
Nassar is the horror story that never ends.
Why hasn’t the Ranch been abandoned?
related – Jamie Dantzscher & Rachael Denhollander call for removal of USA Gymnastics leaders, saying they didn’t do enough to stop sexual abuse
Marcia Frederick accuses coach Rick Carlson
#MeToo
More than two years since Frederick filed a formal complaint with USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, alleging sexual misconduct by Carlson the organization still hasn’t taken action against the coach. …
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal became public in 2011 when three women told the Orange County Register that former U.S. national team coach Don Peters had sex with three teenage gymnasts in the 1980s. Peters was banned for life by USA Gymnastics in November 2011 and removed from the sport’s Hall of Fame. Peters did not contest the ban. …
Peters was Frederick’s coach when she won her world title. Frederick said she was not sexually abused by Peters. …
Marcia Frederick, first U.S. Gymnastics world champion, shares story of abuse
If you don’t know Marcia, watch her gold medal winning Bars at 1978 Worlds.
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(via GymCastic)
OU: We stand beside Maggie
Collegiate gymnast breaks silence about sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor
Her Mom has been making TV appearances. VERY unhappy with USA Gymnastics and MSU.
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