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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 03:03 PM
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Coach of '84 U.S. women's gymnastics banned
http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/7241874/ex-olympic-gymnastics-coach-don-peters-accused-sex-abuse-banned-life

A former Olympic gymnastics coach accused of sexually abusing two athletes in the 1980s has been banned for life by USA Gymnastics and his place in the federation's Hall of Fame revoked.

Don Peters, head coach of the 1984 U.S. women's Olympic team, was declared "permanently ineligible" after a disciplinary hearing by USA Gymnastics last week. Peters has already resigned from his coaching and director positions at his SCATS gym in Huntington Beach, Calif., and his ban will be published in USA Gymnastics' magazine and on its website.

Two former gymnasts told the Orange County Register that Peters sexually abused them in the 1980s, when they were teenagers.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 06:49 PM
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1. It's really sickening how widespread this shit is...nt
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 08:13 PM
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2. I'm afraid it's just getting started...
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