US coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison
He will serve three consecutive 30-year terms after investigators found about 50 videos and 400 photos tied to the hidden-camera case.
- 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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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.
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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BizTocFormer US Gymnastics Coach Sentenced To 90 Years For Recording Children
Former youth gymnastics coach Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material by secretly recording young female students in Mississippi. U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson imposed the maximum 30-year sentence for each of Gardner’s three federal convictions. He admitted placing hidden cameras in bathrooms at a Purvis gym between December 2017 and April 2018 to f…
American gymnastics coach Sean Gardner has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly filming naked minors at a gym in Mississippi.
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