CHARLOTTE, Mich. — Former U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged with human trafficking, sexual assault, racketeering and lying to a police officer.
Geddert formerly owned and coached at Twistars gymnastics club in Dimondale, Michigan, where hundreds of women say convicted sex offender Larry Nassar sexually abused them. Many said Geddert knew of this abuse, as Nassar had regularly treated young athletes in a back room at Twistars.
Geddert faces 20 counts of human trafficking and forced labor, one count of first-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree sexual assault, racketeering and lying to a police officer.