US coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison
The judge imposed three consecutive 30-year terms after investigators found about 50 videos and 400 photos of minors on Gardner’s devices, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson sentenced former youth gymnastics coach Sean Gardner to 90 years in prison for producing child pornography, imposing the maximum penalty of 30 years for each of his three federal convictions.
- Gardner pleaded guilty to placing hidden cameras in bathrooms at a Purvis, Mississippi, gym between December 2017 and April 2018, secretly recording young female students undressing and using the bathroom.
- Investigators seized approximately 50 videos and 400 photos from his residence, while victim Liberty Raines, who joined Jump'In Gymnastics at age 11, recalled that "it was so normalized" she didn't recognize his inappropriate touching.
- Civil lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were alerted to Gardner's conduct as early as 2017 but failed to remove him from the sport until SafeSport suspended him in 2022.
- Police in Iowa continue investigating separate allegations against Gardner related to his time coaching at Chow's gym, though he remains uncharged there as authorities stated they would wait to determine how to proceed after the federal case concluded.
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A case that has shaken American sports, with a heavy sentence, accusations and serious questions about the protection of underage athletes. Sean Gardner, a former gymnastics coach in the United States, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly filming underage athletes at a gym in Pervis, Mississippi. According to federal authorities, he had installed a camera to record girls while they were undressing or using the restroom. The case was …
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Naslovi.netFormer USA gymnastics coach Shawn Gardner, who worked with young athletes for years, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly filming his students as they undressed and used the bathroom at a gym in Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced today.
Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 90 Years for Secretly Filming Girls Undressing in Bathroom
A former gymnastics coach is prison-bound for secretly filming young female athletes undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym where he had been a coach, federal prosecutors said. Sean Gardner, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced to 90 years in federal prison on Thursday, October 15, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly recording his young students while undressing in a Mississippi gym
Gymnastics coach who filmed naked girls in Mississippi bathroom sentenced to 90 years in prison
The case against gymnastics coach Sean Gardner emerged during a probe into sexual abuse at an Iowa gym. Lawsuits against Gardner, USA Gymnastics and the gym are pending.
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