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Former Canadian gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker arrives at a courthouse with his wife Elizabeth Brubaker in Sarnia, Ontario, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. A former member of the Canadian national gymnastics team wrote a public letter accusing the country's 2016 Olympic coach of climbing into bed and pressing his body up against her, reaching his hand underneath her shirt and trying to talk her into exposing her breasts. The letter by Abby Pearson Spadafora, 38, revealed the latest in a long series of allegations of sexual, emotional and physical abuse by coaches Dave and Elizabeth Brubaker, who have been banned by Gymnastics Canada. (Mark Spowart/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian gymnast tells of sexual, emotional abuse by coach

By Eddie Pells May. 26, 2022 09:35 AM EDT

Jury acquits former Olympian equestrian rider in shooting

Apr. 14, 2022 05:38 PM EDT
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A jury in New Jersey found a former Olympian equestrian competitor not guilty Thursday in the shooting of a woman at his training center...

FILE - A silhouette of a snowboarder in action in a heat during the FIS World Cup snowboarding big air competition at the Battersea Power Station in London, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought to report sex-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they received conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn — or whether they wanted to pursue the cases at all. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting

By Eddie Pells Apr. 14, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

FILE - Yarimar Mercado Martinez, of Puerto Rico, competes during the women's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions qualification, at the Olympic Shooting Center, during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 11, 2016. Mercado Martinez's mother, Mabel Martinez, 56, was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home over the weekend, authorities announced Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet

By Dave Collins Apr. 11, 2022 05:51 PM EDT

China's Peng Shuai, right, watches the women's freestyle skiing big air finals with Thomas Bach, center, President of the International Olympic Committee at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Journalist who spoke to Peng Shuai says doubts remain

By John Leicester Feb. 08, 2022 05:14 AM EST

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai calls sexual assault allegation against Communist official "enormous misunderstanding."

Feb. 06, 2022 10:03 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai calls sexual assault allegation against Communist official "enormous misunderstanding." ...

FILE - Zhou Xiaoxuan, a Chinese woman who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against a TV host, speaks to her supporters as she arrives at a courthouse in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. In the case that first defined the Chinese #MeToo movement, activist Zhou sued state TV host Zhu Jun only after he sued her for defamation first. She accused him of groping her when she was a young intern at CCTV. After initially receiving public support and media coverage, Zhou now gets messages attacking her every day and has been banned from posting on her Twitter-like Weibo account for a year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 01:42 AM EST

FILE - Larry Nassar listens as Rachael Denhollander gives her victim impact statement, Feb. 2, 2018, in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by Nassar, among others, is over. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the U.S. Olympic movement. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims

By Will Graves Dec. 13, 2021 03:57 PM EST

FILE - France's Yannick Agnel celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 200m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. More details have emerged over an investigation into the alleged rape of an underage girl by two-time Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel of France, who was arrested last week in Paris. Agnel was handed preliminary charges as part of the investigation after being sent to Mulhouse, eastern France. On Monday Dec.13, 2021, Mulhouse prosecutor said the events allegedly took place in 2016 in several locations including Spain, Thailand and Brazil.(AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Olympic swimming champion Agnel denies coercion in rape case

Dec. 13, 2021 10:09 AM EST

Former Olympic champ Agnel in custody in rape investigation

Dec. 09, 2021 11:46 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — Two-time Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel of France was arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into the rape of an underage girl,...