Olympic Committee Must Answer Specific Gymnast Abuse Questions

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee must respond to tailored requests for information concerning sexual abuse claims sought by Simone Biles and dozens of other gymnasts, a bankruptcy judge ruled.

Judge Robyn L. Moberly issued her order Tuesday to address a simmering dispute at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, where USA Gymnastics has been in Chapter 11 proceedings since 2018 to deal with the fallout of litigation stemming from sexual abuse committed by former team doctor Larry Nassar.

The USOPC, which has urged gymnasts abused by Nassar to consider a bankruptcy plan settlement that would ...