USA Gymnastics has cut ties with Karolyi Ranch, outside of Huntsville, after Simone Biles says she was sexually abused by a former national team doctor at the facility. ”It will no longer serve as the USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center,” USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry said in a statement. “It has been my intent to terminate this agreement since I became president and CEO in December. Our most important priority is our athletes, and their training environment must reflect this. We are committed to a culture that empowers and supports our athletes.” USA Gymnastics initially agreed to buy the training facility in August 2016 but backed out of the agreement following an investigation into sexual abuse by the former national team doctor, Larry Nessar. He worked with the organization for nearly three decades before stepping away in 2015. Several olympians, including Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, say they were abused by Nassar, with some of the alleged abuse occurring at the facility. Nassar “left scars on my psyche that may never go away,” Maroney said in a victim’s statement at Nassau’s sentencing hearing on Thursday that Nassar. Nassar has already been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison on child pornography crimes and is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to molesting girls at Michigan State University and his home
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Jackie Romine
1/21/2018 12:15:41 pm
The ranch is no longer associated with US olympics, but the offender has not worked there since 2015? Are there allegations against other employees?
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