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Ex-Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert dies by suicide hours after being charged: reports
Daily News ^ | 02/25/2021 | Nelson Oliveira

Posted on 02/25/2021 1:44:15 PM PST by sodpoodle

John Geddert, a former USA Gymnastics coach who was charged with sex crimes and human trafficking Thursday, has died by suicide, according to multiple reports.

Geddert, 63, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday afternoon, Michigan state officials told local news station WLNS.

The Attorney General’s Office, which had just announced the charges at a news conference, did not immediately return a request for information.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: geddert; gymnastics; pedosinthegym; predators
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To: humblegunner; sodpoodle

Maybe sod was hoping to attract you to the thread.


61 posted on 02/25/2021 3:00:05 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: OldGoatCPO
knowing the atmosphere out there today, even if he wasn't guilty he knew he and his family would suffer....

its a terrible world when you can't trust the justice system in any way....not to protect our children and not to protect our civil rights.

62 posted on 02/25/2021 3:01:29 PM PST by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: Hot Tabasco

“What would have precluded him from having a firearm?”

Well I admit I did not thoroughly read the article but assumed charged meant he was taken into custody?


63 posted on 02/25/2021 3:02:46 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: Little Ray

With today’s hyper politicized “justice” system, I agree with you. He may have been a ba*tard, but I can also see him despairing because he knew his life was ruined, no matter how potentially petty the offense.


64 posted on 02/25/2021 3:05:10 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: Bigg Red
Maybe sod was hoping to attract you to the thread.

Yes, quite possible.

I'm quite popular after all.

65 posted on 02/25/2021 3:05:31 PM PST by humblegunner (Balls To Picasso.)
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To: sodpoodle

M U R D E R E D !!!


66 posted on 02/25/2021 3:08:12 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: sodpoodle

Well, he probably did do that. In spades.

“Geddert sold his reputation as an Olympic-level coach and promised to unsuspecting parents that he could turn his students into world-class athletes, allowing them to secure college scholarships,”


67 posted on 02/25/2021 3:14:09 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
The bad news is that someone else has to clean up the mess.

Watch Sunshine Cleaning. It's a family dramedy transposed into a very strange and offbeat key, but with Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, you will find it entertaining.

68 posted on 02/25/2021 3:15:55 PM PST by sphinx
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To: OldGoatCPO

He’s better off imho.


69 posted on 02/25/2021 3:15:57 PM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Ken H

Novel charge...

Human trafficking ?!?

“ The human trafficking charges are related to the forced labor resulting in injury to 19 athletes, all of whom are minors.

How in the world ?!?


70 posted on 02/25/2021 3:17:33 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Phillyred

trafficking

Taking them to foreign countries.


71 posted on 02/25/2021 3:17:48 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: eyeamok
I only hope his victims can still sue his estate for damages. And that he gets his own special little corner of Hell with lots of *ahem* attention.
72 posted on 02/25/2021 3:18:18 PM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Even more dubious.

“ The racketeering charge stems from the trafficking charges and alleges that he trafficked 15 of the athletes, known only by their initials, for financial gain. ”


73 posted on 02/25/2021 3:19:07 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Slyfox

Um, scripture support for that assertion? ...


74 posted on 02/25/2021 3:19:48 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: sodpoodle

Now we’ll never find out if he was guilty.


75 posted on 02/25/2021 3:20:12 PM PST by Old Yeller (Nana Pelosi is a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples. Thus the slurred speaking.)
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To: LeoTDB69

Say what,

So it is a crime to say that men are not allowed in the girls locker room?

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“ Charging documents allege Geddert lied to Michigan State University Police Department Detective Sam Miller about:

Nassar’s role at as a team physician at Twistars
Saying he had never heard any complaints about Nassar’s treatment
Denying he was aware of any athletes receiving intravaginal treatments at Twistars
Saying males were not allowed in the female locker room”


76 posted on 02/25/2021 3:20:38 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Lee25

Yours is a most interesting question. Sex trafficking for ‘someone’ in powerful position, about to spill his guts, has those he loved (family) threatened for wet works, offs himself to save family members. The oligarchy uses this world-wide.


77 posted on 02/25/2021 3:23:46 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Publius; ass; humblegunner

It is proper to ping those FReeper’s...you are mentioning...


78 posted on 02/25/2021 3:24:37 PM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: LeoTDB69
but assumed charged meant he was taken into custody?

Apparently you assumed wrong, he was charged today but was not taken into custody thus was able to commit suicide at home...............

79 posted on 02/25/2021 3:32:31 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Phillyred

Human trafficking is a serious matter, but lately prosecutors have taken to putting on any charge that involves a man and a woman, especially if there is sex involved.

In the Robert Kraft case the cops were blabbing about “human trafficking” all day long. Eventually, it turned,out there was no such thing involved.

Nowadays, it is as likely to indicate prosecutorial over-reach as it is to involve actual trafficking.


80 posted on 02/25/2021 3:39:56 PM PST by Fido969
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