Gymnastics coach who recorded girls in Mississippi gym's bathroom sentenced to 90 years in prison

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Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly recording young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym.
He pleaded guilty to three federal child pornography production charges for placing a hidden camera in a bathroom between December 2017 and April 2018.
Investigators recovered videos showing close-up images of at least 10 minors naked or undressing from his computers.
Gardner is also facing allegations of sexual abuse from former students in Iowa, though he has not been charged in connection with those claims.
Concerns about Gardner's behavior were reportedly communicated to USA Gymnastics by a gymnast's mother and Gardner's boss in Mississippi.
Civil lawsuits allege that USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were aware of Gardner's inappropriate behavior in 2017 but failed to act for years.
SafeSport temporarily suspended Gardner in 2022 and Chow's fired him after a gymnast alleged sexual abuse.

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