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Fourth USA Gymnastics board member resigns after abuse scandal
Source: Reuters
#SPORTS NEWS JANUARY 25, 2018 / 5:50 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Fourth USA Gymnastics board member resigns after abuse scandal
Joseph Ax
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A fourth USA Gymnastics board member has resigned amid increasing public pressure after disgraced long-time team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts.
Kevin Martinez, an ESPN executive, said on Thursday that he has severed ties with the gymnastics federation, after the U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief executive threatened in an open letter on Wednesday to decertify USA Gymnastics as a governing body unless the 18 members on the board of directors were replaced.
His departure comes after three other members, who held the board’s leadership positions, stepped down on Monday.
“I joined the board just nine months ago, well after Nassar’s departure from USAG, in the hopes of helping to move the organization in a positive direction,” Martinez said in an emailed statement. “That hope for this board is no longer possible so I submitted my resignation.”
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Fourth USA Gymnastics board member resigns after abuse scandal
Joseph Ax
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A fourth USA Gymnastics board member has resigned amid increasing public pressure after disgraced long-time team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts.
Kevin Martinez, an ESPN executive, said on Thursday that he has severed ties with the gymnastics federation, after the U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief executive threatened in an open letter on Wednesday to decertify USA Gymnastics as a governing body unless the 18 members on the board of directors were replaced.
His departure comes after three other members, who held the board’s leadership positions, stepped down on Monday.
“I joined the board just nine months ago, well after Nassar’s departure from USAG, in the hopes of helping to move the organization in a positive direction,” Martinez said in an emailed statement. “That hope for this board is no longer possible so I submitted my resignation.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gymnastics-usa-nassar-resignation/fourth-usa-gymnastics-board-member-resigns-after-abuse-scandal-idUSKBN1FE19W
