From The Daily Mail [UK] –
- John Geddert, 63, took his own life hours after he was charged with 24 crimes
- Geddert was head coach of 2012 US woman’s Olympics gymnastics team
- He had ties to Larry Nassar, team doctor convicted of assaulting scores of girls
- Nassar treated gymnasts at Geddert’s gym as well as Michigan State University
- Geddert was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking
- He is also accused of injuring people for years through forced labor
- Geddert allegedly lied to investigators when he said no one complained about Nassar
- Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexually assaulting scores of gymnasts
- In July 2019, gymnast Sara Teristi said Geddert forced her to see Nasser
- Teristi says Geddert saw some of the abuse by Nasser but failed to intervene
NOTE: Our earlier stories about this pedo-infiltrated program are on the FC blog. Use “Nassar” for a searchterm.
