Two top officials with the U.S. Olympic Committee didn’t just fail to alert anyone to the abuse allegations against USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. They also deleted emails containing those disturbing accusations, according to an independent investigation’s report released Monday that details how the sport’s governing bodies completely failed its young female athletes. Officials with the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics “maintained secrecy regarding the Nassar allegations and focused on controlling the flow of information about his alleged misconduct,” investigators wrote. Inaction by now-former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun and U.S. Olympic Committee chief of sport performance Alan Ashley allowed Nassar to abuse dozens more young women and girls, investigators stated. Nassar, a former physician for Team USA women gymnasts and USA Gymnastics, was convicted in January on child sex abuse charges that largely stemmed from his work with the nation’s top gymnastics organizations.

Source: Huffington Post December 11, 2018 18:33 UTC