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Nevilledog

(55,134 posts)
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 07:46 PM Feb 2021

Ex-USA Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Reported Dead by Suicide After Facing Larry Nassar-Linked...



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Michigan AG @DanaNessel's statement on John Geddert's death.

“My office has been notified that the body of John Geddert was found late this afternoon after taking his own life. This is a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved.”

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Ex-USA Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Reported Dead by Suicide After Facing Larry Nassar-Linked...
Prosecutors leveled dozens of charges, from human trafficking to sexual assault, against a former U.S. Gymnastics coach tied to Larry Nassar's serial abuse of women and girls in Olympic sports.
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2:30 PM · Feb 25, 2021
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Ex-USA Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Reported Dead by Suicide After Facing Larry Nassar-Linked... (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP
Control till the end. ret5hd Feb 2021 #1
+10000000000000000 Celerity Feb 2021 #4
Well, good riddance. Goodheart Feb 2021 #2
I gotta pee Stinky The Clown Feb 2021 #3
I feel sorry for his kids, and his victims Skittles Feb 2021 #5
They never thought there'd be a reckoning... dawg day Feb 2021 #6
You see that Gym Jordan? They're coming for you. Only one way out. Dream Girl Feb 2021 #7
Did you see where George Cloney will be doing a documentary on the wrestling scandal? niyad Feb 2021 #8
I saw that! nt Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #9

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. They never thought there'd be a reckoning...
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 08:17 PM
Feb 2021

And now it's hitting them like a tsunami, and they crumble. (Most abusers are still getting away with it, of course.)

I think I mixed about 4 metaphors in there.

niyad

(134,030 posts)
8. Did you see where George Cloney will be doing a documentary on the wrestling scandal?
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 11:50 PM
Feb 2021

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