Extreme choice after being accused of sexual assault by coach of gymnastics national team
Impeachment crisis due to sexual harassment of New York Governor Cuomo
John Gathert, former women’s gym coach of the Olympic National Team, who was accused of sexually abusing female gymnasts athletes, was found dead on the 25th at a highway rest area in Michigan. AP Yonhap News
American society was suddenly overturned as accusations of sexual violence, which were accused by celebrities as perpetrators, were followed. It is a typical power-type sex crime using status, and the perpetrators are not small in that they are renowned people in the political and sports world.
According to the US media, John Gathert, former Olympic national team gymnast director, who was accused of sexually abusing female gymnasts, killed himself on the 25th (local time). The body was found at a rest stop on a Michigan highway. He was scheduled to attend the Eaton County Court near Lansing, Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nussel issued a statement that it was “a tragic end of a tragic story.”
Gathert won the gold medal in the team competition as the manager of the US women’s gymnastics team during the 2012 London Olympics. She ran a gymnastics gym in Lansing and trained young athletes as well. But this gym was a terrible crime scene. Gathert used his fame to induce players to become’world class’ and then abused them physically and mentally. Victims were subjected to excessive training and rape, even while injured. In some cases, they attempted suicide or self-harm because they were unable to endure the pain. Due to the nature of gymnastics, most of the victims were in their teens at the time of the incident.
Former Michigan State University gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who served as the chief physician in the national team led by Gathert, is also currently in prison after being sentenced to 175 years in prison for sexual assault and sexual harassment. There are a whopping 265 victims of sexual assault by Nassar. In the aftermath of the incident, the crimes committed by Gathert belatedly floated on the surface. At the news of Gather’s death, victim gymnast Sarah Klein criticized “Suicide is an act of avoiding justice,” saying, “I was shocked beyond words.”
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by an aide. AP Yonhap News
In politics, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual assault case is excommunicating. The victim is Governor Cuomo’s former aide, Lindsay Boylen. Boylen, who exposed Governor Cuomo’s sexual harassment on Twitter in December last year, sent a contribution to the online media’Medium’ on the 24th, detailing the damage he suffered for three years. Boylan alleged that Governor Cuomo made unnecessary physical contact, such as touching his back and limbs or suddenly kissing his lips. “You are the prettiest of the women here,” he also used verbal harassment. In 2017, he announced that he proposed “strip poker” (a poker game to remove clothes) on the plane returning after attending the event.
Boylen added that Governor Cuomo was notorious for improper conduct towards female aides, and that two other former aides had heard that Governor Cuomo had been sexually harassed. Governor Cuomo denied all these allegations.
Governor Cuomo is a’star politician’ who raised his reputation by transparently revealing the situation in New York State during the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) last year. Exceptionally, he received an Emmy Award, which actors usually receive, and received attention as the next major leader in the Democratic Party. However, after being investigated for a suspicion announced by deliberately lowering the number of Corona 19 deaths in nursing homes in New York State, this sexual assault case was also raised and fell into hell. There is even an impeachment movement, centering on local media.
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