The wife of USA Gymnastics’ former director of sports medicine and science was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport Friday for physical and emotional misconduct.

Amy Nyman, the owner of an Ohio gymnastics club was also suspended for retaliation, and a proactive policy violation. The suspension is subject to appeal.

Nyman is the wife of Edward Nyman Jr., who was fired in 2019 after just one day on the job as USA Gymnastics’ first ever sports medicine and science director.

USA Gymnastics told the Southern California News Group shortly after the dismissal that it fired Nyman for failing to disclose athlete safety complaints against his wife and other coaches at New Heights Gymnastics, the club owned by Amy Nyman.

USA Gymnastics officials have been aware of allegations of misconduct against Amy Nyman since at least the summer of 2017, according to documents obtained by SCNG.

USA Gymnastics’ in-house counsel even encouraged a parent to file a formal complaint against New Heights Gymnastics and Amy Nyman three months before the national governing body hired Edward Nyman Jr., , according to four people familiar with the complaint.

Edward Nyman said in an interview with SCNG last May that he discussed complaints made against New Heights and his wife extensively with Mark Busby, a USA Gymnastics in-house counsel, before he was hired. Nyman, who insisted he is uncertain why he was terminated, acknowledged in the interview there had been “training” complaints against New Heights.

Busby was aware of complaints against Amy Nyman and New Heights since at least the summer of 2017, according to a person familiar with the complaint. Busby, in late January or early February, encouraged a parent to file a complaint against Amy Nyman and New Heights with USA Gymnastics and U.S. Center for SafeSport, according to four people familiar with the complaints.

The complaints against New Heights were serious enough for USA Gymnastics to refer them to the U.S. Center for SafeSport in February, two months before Nyman was hired. The complaints allege emotional and verbal abuse, and that Edward Nyman, who has a PhD. in biomechanics, conducted physical exams on New Heights athletes, according to USA Gymnastics and SafeSport documents.

The complaints also allege New Heights coaches were intoxicated in front of young gymnasts on competition trips.

SafeSport official Jocelyn Shafer said USA Gymnastics and SafeSport are in the process of determining who has jurisdiction over “allegations against Amy Nyman and a number of other staff members” in a May 3 email shared with SCNG.

The Nymans denied any misconduct. “Absolutely,” Edward Nyman said.

“I took this job because it killed me to see what happened with (gymnastics) with Nassar,” Nyman said last May referring to Larry Nassar, the former U.S. Olympic and U.S. women’s national team doctor Larry Nassar, convicted of sexually abusing dozens of young athletes.

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“Dr. Nyman was terminated for his failure to disclose athlete safety complaints involving the club with which he is affiliated to USA Gymnastics,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement to SCNG. “This demonstrated poor judgment and created a conflict of interest that disqualified him from serving in this important role. We are confident this was the best decision for the welfare of ‘our athletes and our community.

“We have learned through this process and received important feedback from our community about this position. Athlete safety is our north star and it will guide us to make the right decisions, no matter how difficult or how they may be perceived.”