Kerry Perry has been steering the USA Gymnastics Association for just troubled months, Nassar’s crimes span well over a decade
However, she’s been criticized for failing to help the organization recover from scandal, choosing instead to duck the limelight
She’s even accused of coming out in support of Nassar as the sickening avalanche of allegations hit the media
Former doctor Larry Nasser eventually was proven to have preyed on his young patients on the Olympic team as well as in his private practice for many years
His record was no different as the former Michigan State gymnastics team doctor for the same period
He was sentenced 175 years for abusing the girls, in Feb 2018
Kerry Perry [photo] who is on record as having supported Nassar in 2016, when the wave of allegations came to shore has resigned her post as USA Gymnastics CEO
There has been no official word from Perry or USA Gymnastics but two insiders confirmed her departure to the Orange County Register.
During her nine months at the helm, the CEO was criticized for failing to help the organization recover from the Larry Nassar scandal.
The former national team doctor was in February sentenced to between 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault on young gymnasts.
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Perry kept a low profile and failed to articulate a clear vision for the future at a time when the organisation needed strong leadership, commentators said.
It appears Perry’s days were numbered after the CEO of the US Olympic Committee, Sarah Hirshland, sent out a statement Friday night calling for changes in the USA Gymnastics leadership.
Her statement came only hours after the federation awkwardly fired Mary Lee Tracy, the coach it had hired only three days earlier as its elite program coordinator.
Tracy was an early supporter of Nassar when allegations against him began to surface.
Then, without permission this week, Tracy reached out to one of her fiercest critics, gold-medalist Aly Raisman, who is suing USAG.
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Larry Nassar, [center], in Feb was sentenced to between 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault on young gymnasts
Over 120 women including recent US Olympians Aly Raisman [left], McKayla Maroney [center], and Gabby Douglas all said they were abused by long-term U.S. Olympics team doctor, Larry Nassar
Perry, who took over for Steve Penny as president of USA Gymnastics in November 2017.
Perry has made very few public statements, and has had trouble gathering support in the gymnastics community, since taking over as part of a USOC-directed turnover of the federation’s board and senior management.
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Two weekends ago at national championships, Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, a Nassar abuse victim herself, withheld judgment on the path USA Gymnastics has taken, saying ‘nobody can know until Kerry Perry speaks up. It’s kind of hard.’
Perry did speak up later that weekend, saying all but a few of the 70 recommendations suggested by an independent review of the federation’s actions had been implemented.
Much of that progress has been overshadowed by a steady stream of new allegations against Nassar and missteps by USA Gymnastics.
Tracy’s hiring certainly had the look of an unforced error.
USA Gymnastics CEO Perry abdicated her leadership role and kept a low profile amidst the sex abuse scandal of athletes in her association. Critics say she failed to articulate a clear vision for the way forward at a time when the organization needed strong leadership.
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