Coach Sues USA Gymnastics Over Suspension for Verbal Abuse (1)

USA Gymnastics Inc. was hit with a suit in the District of New Jersey by a coach who says she was unfairly suspended from participating in amateur gymnastic competition for more than five years for allegedly verbally abusing athletes—including an Olympic gold medal winner—without sufficient procedural protections.

Maggie Haney alleges in her suit under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act that there is no precedent or basis for her punishment, which she says is “four times harsher than that imposed on coaches who have been proven to have physically and sexually abused young girls.”

“Never before (nor since) ...