“When USAG told the Karolyis in 2015 that Larry Nassar would not be returning, USAG never mentioned that the alleged mistreatment was potentially sexual assault nor did they relay the nature of the treatments at issue.
USAG then asked the Karolyis not to further discuss the matter. The Karolyis said they “were first informed of possible misconduct by Larry Nassar in 2015, when USAG contacted Martha and told her that Larry Nassar would not be returning to USAG because of treatment concerns. The Karolyis filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics and the USOC last month in Walker County Court in Texas alleging breach of contract, negligence and seeking to not be held responsible for lawsuits stemming from Nassar’s abuse. national team program and in particular at the Karolyi Ranch, the site of almost monthly national team training camps. Olympic Committee enabled Nassar’s predatory behavior by creating a culture of abuse within the U.S. The Karolyis face dozens of civil lawsuits filed by former Team USA gymnasts who allege the Karolyis, USA Gymnastics, Penny and two other former USA Gymnastics top executives and the U.S. Karolyi also said in the 2017 deposition she did not report allegations of Nassar’s sexual abuse to authorities or tell any other person other than her husband what Penny told her in June 2015. The deposition was taken nearly two years after USA Gymnastics officials first contacted the FBI with allegations of sexual abuse by Nassar. national team members have alleged they were repeatedly sexually abused by Nassar at Team USA training camps at the Karolyi Ranch and on international trips supervised by Martha Karolyi, Karolyi said in the May 2017 deposition she had not been contacted by the FBI or any other law enforcement agency. While dozens of Olympic and world champion gymnasts and U.S.
FILE – In this June 29, 2012, file photo, Bela Karolyi, left, and his wife Martha Karolyi talk on the arena floor before the start of the preliminary round of the women’s Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) Olympic team coach and USA Gymnastics national team director, in a recent lawsuit that they did not learn of allegations of Nassar’s sexual misconduct with gymnasts and other young athletes until after the 2016 Olympic Games. Karolyi’s statements in a sworn deposition given May 23, 2017, in Houston – made public for the first time by SCNG – contradict assertions made by Karolyi and her husband Bela, a former U.S. Olympic and women’s national team physician Larry Nassar molested Team USA gymnasts at the Karolyi Ranch in central Texas, according to documents obtained by the Southern California News Group. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team director Martha Karolyi said in a 2017 deposition that she was first informed in June 2015 by USA Gymnastics chief executive Steve Penny of allegations that U.S.
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