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Report details years of alleged abuse by former gymnastics coach Terry Gray

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Report details years of alleged abuse by former gymnastics coach Terry Gray
Report details years of alleged abuse by former gymnastics coach Terry Gray

The arrest report has been released for former USA Gymnastics coach Terry Gray.

Gray coached in Las Vegas from 2009 to 2015.

He was suspended by USA Gymnastics in 2019.

The 52-year-old coach is facing 14 counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14.

He was arrested on July 10 and later released on bail.

LAS VEGAS GYMNASTICS COACH..THANKS FOR JOINING US.....LIVE AT -11-...I'M...TRICIA KEAN.TODD HAS THE NIGHT OFF.TERRY GRAY...IS FACING.....MULTIPLE SEXUAL LEWDNESSCHARGES.....WITH CHILDREN.....UNDER -14- YEARS OLD..POLICE SAY....HE PREYED ON GIRLS....HE COACHED..LETS GET TO...13 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER....JOE BARTELS...LIVE NOW....TO EXPLAIN..JOE?COACHED AT THE 2000 OLYMPICS...NOW...HE'S AT THE CENTER OF AMULTI-STATE INVESTIGATION..FOR CRIMES..POLICE SAY..THAT WENT ON FOR YEARS!FALLING FROM GRACE..AFTER POLICE SAY..HE BETRAYED THE TRUST..OF YOUNG GIRLS..AND THEIR FAMILIES.."TERRY AND I COACHED MANY, MANYYEARS TOGETHER WE WERE AT THE2000 OLYMPICS TOGETHER AND I'VEBEEN AROUND AND HIM QUITE ABIT." CASSIE RICE..IS THE OWNER OF GYMCATS..IN HENDERSON..SHE SAYS..THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST...GRAY..

ARE TROUBLING."MY EXPERIENCES WITH HIM WASPRETTY MUCH HAVE TO DO WITHJUST SOME WEIRD THINGS THATHAPPENED HERE AND THERE SO MANYWINDOWS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVETALKED ABOUT I WITNESS ONETHING PERSONALLY AND I REPORTEDIT."13 INVESTIGATES...OBTAINED 79 PAGES OF COURTDOCUMENTS..DESCRIBING THE LENGTHY ANDDISTURBING INVESTIGATION..INITATED BY USA GYMNASTICS...THE INVESTIGATION SPANNINGACROSS MULTIPLE STATES..INCLUDING NEVADA...ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA..AND OHIO.THE BULK OF THE ABUSE.HAPPENED AT BROWN'SGYMNASTICS..LAS VEGAS..

NEAR DECATUR ANDPOLICE"BROWN'S HAD A LARGE NUMBER OFGIRLS WERE SICK THEY STILLNEEDED TO COME TO THE GYM AND"THROW UP" ON THE MAT ORGARBAGE CAN, BUT THEY WERE NOTALLOWED TO MISS PRACTICE"THE BROWN'S EMPLOYEE WENT ON TOSAY...THEY"[EMPLOYEE] BEGAN TO NOTICE HOWTERRY WAS TOUCHING THEGYMNASTS; HUGGING, SLAPPINGTHEIR BUTTOCKS, AND KISSINGTHEM." MULTIPLE VICTIMS..MANY OF THEM..14 OR YOUNGER AT THE TIME...DESCRIBED"TERRY WAS STRICT WITH HERABOUT HER WEIGHT, WEIGHING HERMULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK TO ENSURESHE WAS UN A WEIGHT THAT TERRYDETERMINED [VICTIM] SHOULD BE."AND THE BEHAVIOR..POLICE ALLEDGE...RANGED FROM CHILD ABUSE TO LEWDTOUCHING OF GENTIAL AREAS WHILEAT BROWNS..ONE VICTIM TELLINGINVESTIGATORS.."TERRY TOLD [HER] THAT SHE HADBETTER NOT BE HAVING SEX WITHBOYS BECAUSE SHE NEEDED TO SAVEHERSELF FOR TERRY.""IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT HE USEDHIS POSITION AS THEIR COACH TOGROOM THEM TO ABUSE THEM ANDEVEN APPEARS AFTER READING THEREPORT THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEENSOME INTIMIDATION GOING ON."ALYSON SHAINKER IS APSYCHOTERAPIST WHO WORKS WITHSEXUAL PERPATRATORS ANDVICTIMS..SHE REVIEWED THE CASE..AND SAYS..THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS THATSHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED ANDINVESTIGATED."UNFORTUNATELY IT IS FAIRLYCOMMON THAT WHEN THERE ISINAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIORPEOPLE OFTEN TIMES DO NOT SPEAKUP AND OFTEN TIMES IT CAN BEBECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OFRETALIATION AND SOMETIMES IWONDER WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLYSEEING IS IT SEXUAL ABUSE.GYMNASTICS..IN 2019?

HE WAS ARRESTED JULY10..AND HAS SINCE BAILED OUT OFJAIL..WE REACHED OUT TO GRAY TONIGHTBUT WE DID NOT HEAR BACK..SHAINKER SAYS THERE ARE WARNINGSIGNS..

CALLED..GROOMING BEHAVIORS..TO WATCH OUT FOR..SUCH AS PLAYING FAVORITES..UNUSUAL TOUCHING ALSO KEEPINGSECRETS..BOTTOM LINE..TRUST YOUR GUT AND REPORTUNUSUAL BEHAVIOR TOAUTHORITIES.REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWSTO THE CORONAVIRUS NOW...

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