John Geddert, 63, was accused of injuring people for years through forced labor and recruiting minors for forced labor, according to documents filed in an Eaton County court, near Lansing, Michigan.
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John Geddert coaching in 2014 Lansing-area gymnastic coach John Geddert, who was linked to Dr. Larry Nassar, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday afternoon after being charged earlier in the day by Michigan s attorney general with 24 crimes. ABC News reports that he was found dead at a rest stop off I-96 near Lansing in Clinton County. He was to be arraigned in mid-afternoon at Eaton County District Court on charges that included human trafficking, criminal sexual assault, lying to a law enforcer and racketeering. Geddert, a mid-Michigan native and 2012 USA Olympic coach, owned Twistars USA, a prominent gymnastics facility in the capital area where multiple sexual-assault victims of Larry Nassar trained. In January 2018, USA Gymnastics suspended Geddert as a result of the Nassar scandal.
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2021/02/25 23:53 LANSING, Mich. (AP) Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Details about the charges against John Geddert were not immediately known. But the documents were filed in Eaton County District Court, deputy court administrator Kathy Brooks told The Associated Press. Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal. Nassar was the team s doctor and also treated injured gymnasts at Twistars, Geddert’s Lansing-area gym for elite athletes. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel scheduled an afternoon news conference.