CHARLOTTE - Nearly a year after a criminal investigation of John Geddert began in the wake of Larry Nassar's sentencing hearings, Eaton County law enforcement continues to look at the former gymnastics coach.

The Eaton County Sheriff's Office said in February 2018 that it was actively investigating complaints against Geddert, who was also harshly criticized by several women and girls who gave victim-impact statements.

On the Friday before Thanksgiving, the Sheriff's Office sent "three or four 4-inch-thick binders" to prosecutors, Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney Doug Lloyd said last week.

Lloyd added that he and an assistant prosecutor have been reviewing the reports and requested additional investigation by the Sheriff's Office, but that there was no timeline for a decision on whether to charge Geddert.

Geddert and Twistars, the gymnastics facility he had previously owned, are being sued by hundreds of women and girls who say Nassar sexually assaulted them.

Three of Nassar's 10 sexual assault convictions relate to abuse at Twistars in Dimondale, and many of the hundreds who are suing have said they were abused at the Eaton County gym. At least one of the women who testified in Nassar's criminal cases said Geddert walked in on one instance of her abuse.

The lawsuits against Geddert and Twistars are ongoing.

Geddert declined to comment for this story and hung up the phone before a reporter could ask any questions. Cameron Getto, Geddert's attorney for the lawsuits, also declined to comment.

Geddert founded Twistars in 1996 and worked for at least 20 years with Nassar, who was frequently at the gym to treat athletes.

He coached the gold medal winning 2012 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team in the London games.

Geddert's name was mentioned during each day of Nassar's seven-day sentencing hearing in Ingham County.

Twistars was described a prison, where Geddert broke gymnasts "mentally and physically" and deprived them of water in the summer in gym without air conditioning.

One former gymnast said in court that she suffered an eating disorder by the age of 13 because of weight restrictions Geddert imposed. If gymnasts were caught eating something they weren’t supposed to they’d have to "scrub the bathroom floor with our toothbrush," she said. "You even walked through our locker room without any warning while we were changing."

Several women and girls said Geddert knew Nassar was sexually abusing gymnasts.

Geddert has previously been the subject of two Michigan State Police investigations, in 2011 and 2013.

In 2011, Geddert and an employee got into a heated argument, according to a police report, and outside the gym he stepped on her foot so she couldn't walk away and then "chest bumped her." Geddert didn't show for his first interview with police, according to the report, and later said he was too busy to be interviewed.

Eaton County prosecutors declined to charge Geddert, saying they could not prove "assaultive intent beyond a reasonable doubt," according to the police report.

Two years later, in October 2013, police investigated Geddert for physically assaulting a gymnast, records show. The gymnast, a juvenile, told police that Geddert got mad at her during practice and took her into a locker room where he stepped on her foot, grabbed her arm and pushed her into a wall. The girl told police she was scared during the incident and worried Geddert might put his hands on her during practice in the future.

Geddert told police he didn't assault the gymnast, but wanted her to sit on a bench in the locker room because he wanted to talk with her about her behavior.

Lloyd, the current Eaton County prosecutor, reviewed the investigation. He ordered Geddert to complete counseling or charges would be issued. Geddert later completed the counseling and the case was closed, according to a police report.

Lloyd said last week that when he reviewed the 2013 incident he wasn't aware of the other issues going on at Twistars, and the case before him involved a coach and athlete so he felt the facts supported counseling for Geddert over charges.

When asked how the two previous police investigations will impact his decisions in the current case, Lloyd said "it's always there to know. It's no different than anyone who has prior history."

USA Gymnastics, which is also being sued and has been widely condemned related to Nassar, suspended Geddert during Nassar's Ingham County sentencing hearing. He remains suspended pending a hearing, according to online records.

On Jan. 24, 2018, the day Nassar was sentenced in Ingham County to 40 to 175 years in prison, Kathryn Geddert, John Geddert's wife, filed paperwork with the state of Michigan to be listed as the resident agent for Twistars.

In March, State Farm insurance filed a lawsuit against John and Kathryn Geddert and Twistars, saying the company is not required to "defend and/or indemnify the Gedderts or Twistars" in lawsuits.

"Twistars is alleged to have failed to discover what Dr. Nassar was doing, failed to properly supervise him, failed to warn people about him, and that rather than taking action upon learning of what was occurring in 1998, Mr. Geddert allowed him to continue seeing patients at Twistars, and recommending him to other patients," attorneys for State Farm wrote in the lawsuit.

They later added, that "Mr. Geddert’s alleged conduct was not accidental, and his actions and inaction created a direct risk of harm to the (victims)."

The lawsuit remains open.

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