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Ex-U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar kills himself after being charged - The Detroit News

Ex-U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar kills himself after being charged - The Detroit News

Ex-U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar kills himself after being charged - The Detroit News
Feb 25, 2021 1 min, 54 secs

Olympics gymnastics coach from the Lansing area with ties to disgraced sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar died from suicide Thursday, hours after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed human trafficking, sexual assault and racketeering charges against him, the Attorney General's Office confirmed.

Geddert's body was found by Michigan State Police troopers at 3:24 p.m.

at a rest area off eastbound Interstate 96 in Clinton County, Michigan State Police said.

The 24 charges against Geddert included 20 counts of human trafficking of a minor, and one count each of first-degree criminal sexual assault, second-degree criminal sexual assault involving a minor, racketeering and lying to a police officer, according to Eaton County District Court records. .

That interview with police took place about two weeks after Rachael Denhollander became the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar of sexual assault.

He also owned Twistars USA, an elite gymnastics facility near Lansing where multiple victims of Nassar trained and said they were assaulted by the former doctor who worked for Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics.

The criminal investigation of John Geddert began after Nassar was incarcerated in February 2018, leading to the charges that involve fewer than 50 victims, Nessel said during a media briefing Thursday.

Nessel emphasized the crimes alleged against Geddert were a result of his own behavior,which encompassed incidents between 2008 and 2018. The two sexual assault charges against Geddert are alleged to have occurred in January 2012 and involve a reported victim between the ages of 13 and 16.

27, 2016, about two weeks after Denhollander first publicly accused Nassar of sexual assault in a story in the Indianapolis Star.

The charges against Geddert came three years after Nassar was sentenced for sexually assaulting women and girls under the guise of medical care over nearly three decades.

He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in Ingham County on seven sexual assault charges and 40 to 125 years in Eaton County on three sexual assault charges tied to Twistars.

Days after Nassar went to prison after receiving his third and final sentence, the Eaton County Sheriff Department announced it had launched a criminal investigation following complaints that were lodged against Geddert

A year later, in January 2020, Nessel's office with the assistance of Michigan State Police and the Grand Ledge Police Department executed search warrants at Twistars and at an Eaton County home connected to Geddert

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