Former U.S. Olympic coach Maggie Haney has been suspended for eight years by USA Gymnastics for verbal and emotional abuse of athletes.
USA Gymnastics confirmed the penalty in a press release Wednesday.
The choice got here after two months of hearings that included Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez testifying in opposition to her longtime coach and world champion Riley McCusker writing a letter important of Haney.
“The impartial listening to panel — comprised of three members of the gymnastics group, together with an legal professional, a membership proprietor, and a former nationwide staff athlete — discovered that Ms. Haney violated the USA Gymnastics Code of Moral Conduct, Protected Sport Coverage, and different insurance policies,” USA Gymnastics stated within the assertion.
Haney is suspended from membership and any teaching of USA Gymnastics athletes or in member golf equipment for eight years, efficient instantly, adopted by a two-year probationary interval. After the suspension concludes, USA Gymnastics stated Haney might reapply for membership after submitting proof of finishing sure specified Protected Sport programs.”
“The ruling is regrettable however by no means stunning contemplating the heavy-handed nature of the investigative and listening to course of,” Russell Prince, Haney’s legal professional, advised the Southern California Information Group. “There isn't a elementary equity to the way wherein these issues are resolved. Clearly, I might anticipate an arbitration.”
The 42-year-old Haney coached Hernandez and McCusker at MG Elite Gymnastics in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
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