一位曾经声名显赫的青少年体操教练因在密西西比州的一家健身房秘密拍摄年轻女学生的脱衣及如厕画面而被判入狱90年。这一事件震惊了整个体操界。美国地方法官克里斯蒂·约翰逊对肖恩·加德纳判处了最高刑罚：根据他认罪的三项联邦儿童色情制品制作罪名，他每项罪名将被判处30年监禁，总刑期因此达到90年。加德纳现年39岁，这一判决实际上意味着他可能将面临终身监禁。
A once prominent youth gymnastics coach was sentenced to 90 years in prison Wednesday for secretly recording his young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym, in a case that rocked the sport.U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson gave the maximum sentence possible to Sean Gardner, ordering that he serve 30 years in prison for each of the three federal child pornography production charges to which he pleaded guilty. The sentence likely amounts to life in prison for Gardner, 39.
去年夏天，加德纳被联邦调查局（FBI）逮捕，这一消息最初由美联社报道。此次事件再次引发了人们对美国体操管理机构是否足够重视、有效保护运动员免受有权势的教练性虐待的质疑。
Gardner's arrest last summer by the FBI, first reported by The Associated Press, renewed questions about whether U.S. gymnastics authorities had done enough to protect athletes from sexual abuse at the hands of an influential coach.
在骚乱和抢劫事件发生后，毛里求斯将宵禁时间延长了两晚，本周所有学校将继续关闭。
Mauritius extends curfew for two more nights after riots, looting; schools to remain shut this weekGardner pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a gymnastics studio in Purvis, Mississippi, between December 2017 and April 2018 to record his students.
加德纳承认自己在2017年12月至2018年4月期间在密西西比州普尔维斯的一家体操俱乐部内秘密安装了摄像头以拍摄学生。调查人员称，他制作了至少10名未成年人的裸体或脱衣画面；这些视频后来从他的电脑中被查获。此前已有几名曾在艾奥瓦州“Chow体操舞蹈学院”就读的学生向警方及法院提起诉讼，指控他利用自己的职权对他们实施性侵犯。该学院由著名教练梁“Chow”乔（Liang “Chow” Qiao）创立，他以培养奥运冠军而闻名。
Investigators say he created videos showing close-up images of at least 10 minors naked or undressing, which they recovered from his computers years later while investigating claims that he sexually abused gymnasts in Iowa. Several of his former students at Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa, have alleged to police and in civil lawsuits that he used his position to prey on them. The institute was founded by prominent coach Liang “Chow” Qiao, who is known for producing Olympic champions.
加德纳曾指导多名青少年体操新秀，并担任一年一度冬季赛事的主管，该赛事吸引了数百名体操选手前往爱荷华州。加德纳目前未因爱荷华州的相关指控被起诉，警方表示将等待联邦案件结束后再决定如何处理。g Luna 在黄石荒野中被发现，此前进行了为期一个月的大规模搜救行动。部分女性的律师还指控，体育监管机构美国体操协会和美国安全运动中心（SafeSport）在2017年就已获悉加德纳存在不当行为，但多年未采取行动将其除名。
Gardner coached several youth prospects and served as director of an annual winter meet that drew hundreds of gymnasts to Iowa. Gardner has not been charged in connection with any of the Iowa allegations, and police have said they would wait to determine how to proceed after the federal case concludes.g Luna found in Yellowstone wilderness after month of massive search effortsLawyers for some of the women have also alleged the sport's oversight bodies, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport, were told about inappropriate behavior by Gardner in 2017 but failed to take action to remove him from the sport for years.
SafeSport 在2022年曾因一名周的体操选手指控其性侵而暂时停职加德纳，随后周的体操俱乐部将其解雇。SafeSport 表示，在其调查过程中得知，周及其他教练曾知悉针对加德纳的性不端行为指控，但未按其政策要求向中心报告。一名法官在5月份驳回了SafeSport作为两起诉讼的一方，认为其在联邦法律下享有豁免权，因其未被认定为对加德纳的调查不当。目前仍有多起诉讼针对加德纳、美国体操协会和周的体操俱乐部待审。
SafeSport temporarily suspended Gardner in 2022 after a Chow's gymnast alleged sexual abuse, and Chow's fired him then. SafeSport has said it learned during its investigation that Chow and other coaches had been aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Gardner but failed to report them to the center as required by its policy. A judge dismissed SafeSport in May as a party from two lawsuits alleging it did not properly investigate Gardner, finding it was entitled to immunity under federal law. Several lawsuits remain pending against Gardner, USA Gymnastics and Chow's Gymnastics.