Lawsuit against banned Huntington Beach gymnastics coach Don Peters, doctor Larry Nassar alleges sexual abuse

The suit by the former U.S. national team member also alleges that SCATS for more than a decade used its global reputation as a launch pad for Olympic and World Championship gymnasts to recruit underage gymnasts and place them in vulnerable situations that led to their sexual abuse at the hands of Peters and USA Gymnastics women’s national team physician Dr. Larry Nassar.

The gymnast said Nassar sexually abused her multiple times during U.S. national team trips and training camps. Nassar used “the guise of care, athletic training, osteopathy, and kinesiology to normalize intimate, inappropriate, and sexually abusive contact.”

The suit also charges USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body; Bela and Martha Karolyi, both coaches of Olympic gold medal-winning teams; and the last three USA Gymnastic presidents created environments that enabled Nassar to sexually abuse numerous under-aged female gymnasts.