Posted on 02/25/2021 8:57:56 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Former USA Gymnastics coach John Geddert committed suicide after he was charged on Thursday with 24 counts of criminal misconduct, including human trafficking and sexual assault, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.
State officials confirmed the news to WLNS CBS that the coach died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 63 years old.
Geddert coached the 2012 U.S. women’s gold-winning Olympic team and worked closely with Larry Nassar, the disgraced physician convicted of multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct and child pornography that owned and operated Twistars USA Gymnastics gym near Lansing, Michigan, where Nassar also treated several gymnasts.
Geddert was charged with 14 counts of human trafficking and forced labor causing injury; six counts of human trafficking of a minor for forced labor; one count of continuing criminal enterprise; one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct; and one count of lying to a police officer during a violent crime investigation.
According to a news release, “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, the attorney general’s office alleges.
“Under the guise of coaching, he reportedly subjected multiple young women to an environment of continued abuse, in which he also neglected the advice of medical doctors – except that provided by Larry Nassar, who served for around 20 years as Geddert’s team physician and in-house medical expert at Twistars,” the statement added.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said at a news conference that Geddert “used force, fraud and coercion against the young athletes that came to him for gymnastics training for financial benefit” to him.
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Finally, he got one thing right. Good form and nice follow through. I bet he even stuck his landing.
Autopsies are cheaper than trials, incarceration, and endless appeals.
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So did he deliver, NaziCommieNessel, you lying Marxist fronthole?
2012 Team all-around GOLD.
Suppose the charges are false and cobbled together by FBI types. What could he possibly do to fight it? Trial by media sucks.
Someone in authority has certainly stayed with this case. Targeting this coach was quite some time ago, unless, I’m recalling the physician associated with this same gymnastics org.
Trump instigated a LOT to gear up for cracking down on trafficking.
I thought he was very discreet about the focus area of child sex trafficking, but stories prove this has been the heart of the effort.
If he was an innocent man, God bless him.
If he was guilty, he retained a measure of honor. God bless him.
Then the athletes should return their medals. Most of them have benefitted financially and socially from winning the Olympics, but they were the ones complaining the loudest about Nasser and their coach after the fact. If the abuse was truly so horrendous, they should have quit in protest.
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They did the same thing to Bela Karolyi. Everyone knows that the sport of gymnastics is rigorous and unhealthy, but these girls and their parents continue with it anyway. Then they blame the coaches for their unhappiness and physical problems 10 years later. So ridiculous. My 2 daughters were in gymnastics for 4 years and loved it, but 20 years later they both have physical ailments caused by the sport, which they’ve accepted.
Grim Reaper judge gave him a 10 out of 10.
Too bad it took this long. Piece of excrement.
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Not saying he was guilty of every single charge, but he was quite guilty of enough of them, he was never going to get out of prison.
If he had a life insurance policy, the beneficiaries will still get the money if the policy has been in effect for at least two years. That money is untouchable in any lawsuit, as are some other assets depending on the bankruptcy laws of the state. Same probably goes any retirement plans.
USA Gymnastics has the deep pockets, as does the University of Michigan.
He will also never be guilty in the eyes of for the crimes he committed.
Trumps work on trafficking was incredible. Biden restarted trafficking at the border. The stories told by border crossers.. sheer evil.
What a total piece of garbage! Throw his carcass to the hogs.
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