A former gymnast who accused former Olympic coach John Geddert of abuse, says she does not feel closure after Geddert’s death.
In an interview with NBC News, Sarah Klein said she felt relieved when Geddert was charged with dozens of charges of human trafficking and sexual assault. However, she feels crushed after he died by suicide.
“I do not feel isolated at all,” she told the news agency.
Klein accused Geddert of abusing her “physically, verbally, emotionally and psychologically” when she was 8 years old.
She told NBC that Geddert’s suicide was “devastating and traumatic,” [but] there is no greater acknowledgment of guilt than that John Geddert takes his own life. ”
“It was his last act of narcissistic control with which he lived his life and coached his gymnasts for decades,” Klein told the news office.
Klein further said that Geddert ‘always stood above the law and that the rules never applied to him’, adding that she believed that his final act ‘was meant to be an insult to victims’ ‘.
Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel (D) Announced Thursday that her office was informed that Geddert’s body had been found “after taking his own life.”
Geddert was supposed to submit to him on Thursday at 14:15 to be arrested.
“This is a tragic end to a story for everyone involved,” Nessel said in a statement at the time.
The suicide took place hours when the Attorney General filed 24 criminal charges against him, most of which were related to human trafficking.
Nessel’s office alleges that Geddert subjected athletes to works that caused them injuries and neglected the injuries that athletes sustained.
He is also accused of lying to investigators about the criminal sexual acts of Dr. Larry Nassar, who was Geddert’s doctor. Nassar is currently serving decades in prison for culpable sexual misconduct.
Klein told NBC that the U.S. Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) should be held accountable.
The Hill released the USA Gymnastics and USOPC for comment.