Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case
The article discusses the case of Sean Gardner, a gymnastics coach who was recently arrested for alleged sexual abuse of his students. The article highlights that several warning signs about Gardner's behavior were raised years before his arrest. The former boss of Gardner claims that she had reported her concerns about his "grooming" behavior to USA Gymnastics, the national governing body of the sport. Additionally, parents and athletes had also raised red flags about Gardner's inappropriate behavior at his new job at an academy owned by renowned coach Liang "Chow" Qiao, which has produced Olympians. The article suggests that USA Gymnastics and the Chow academy were slow to act on these complaints, and that the SafeSport organization, which sanctions coaches who fail to report abuse, had sanctioned coaches who did not report the concerns about Gardner.
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