Report finds top U.S. Olympic Committee officials concealed knowledge of Nassar allegations

Source: The Hill

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) fired its chief of sports performance on Monday after an independent investigation found that he and several other individuals took no action to protect athletes after being told of abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nasar.

A 233-page report published Monday found that the former USA Gymnastics CEO, Steve Penny, informed the leaders of the Olympic Committee in 2015 that team members had shared allegations that Nassar had sexually abused them.

The report found that Chief of Sports Performance Alan Ashley and then-Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun did not share that information with others and that the organization did not take action prior to allegations against Nassar being made public in the media in 2017.

The committee fired Ashley on Monday based on the findings of the report, a spokesman said.

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