The Indianapolis-based organization collected complaints of improper conduct by over 50 coaches between 1996 and 2006 and regularly declined to forward them on to the authorities, an investigation found.
Marvin Sharp, an Indianapolis gymnastics coach and business owner who trained two members of the 2008 U.S. women's Olympics team, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell, where he was being held on charges of child pornography and molestation.
Marvin Sharp, 48, faces four counts of child molestation and three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor filed by Marion County prosecutors, who allege that he repeatedly fondled a girl while he was her coach.
Marvin Sharp, owner of Sharp's Gymnastics Academy, was charged with three counts of child molesting and four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.
