"I tried to be a father before being a coach," he said, adding he had "a parental attitude" to the Romanian gymnasts. Perhaps others say it was the best time of their lives," Bela Karolyi told the Cotidianul. team.īut in an interview with Romanian daily Cotidianul, Bela Karolyi did not deny Kollar's allegations but said he feels no guilt for anything he did. women's team, is in Argentina, and Bela Karolyi is in Houston. Martha Karolyi, the coordinator of the U.S. Neither of the Karolyis could be reached for comment. "The gymnasts the Karolyis personally coached in the States include Mary Lou Retton, Kim Zmeskal and Kerri Strug, all of whom have spoken positively about their experiences with the Karolyis." "USA Gymnastics has not received a complaint concerning their conduct from an athlete or parent," USA Gymnastics said in a statement. The Karolyis coached the Romanian team before they defected to the United States in 1981. Trudi Eberle Kollar, a double silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics, said the Karolyis hit her when she was at the Romanian national training center in the late 1970s and early 1980s. You can sign up to receive it directly here.USA Gymnastics has never received a complaint about Bela or Martha Karolyi in the nearly 30 years they have been coaching in the United States, the governing body said yesterday, a day after a Romanian gymnast alleged the two had abused her. I don't feel responsible, but I feel extremely hurt that this thing happened and it happened everywhere, but it happened here, also," Marta Karolyi said.Įach evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. Martha Karolyi told US news program "Dateline NBC" last month that Nassar conned her and her husband in much the same way that he conned the parents and coaches of the girls he abused. Victims have been imploring Texas authorities to investigate whether Bela and Martha Karolyi could have done more to prevent Nassar's sexual abuse at the couple's Texas training center.įive former gymnasts, including two who say Nassar abused them at the Karolyis' ranch near Huntsville say Texas authorities have focused on Nassar while overlooking whether the Karolyis could have prevented abuse. Nassar, however, had unsupervised access to girls' dormitory rooms. Athletes testified in court that girls were easy prey at the Karolyi ranch outside of Houston, where parents were not permitted. The scandal is the biggest of its kind in US Olympic history and has had far-reaching ripple effects. "It is the sincere hope of all of the survivors that the legacy of this settlement will be far reaching institutional reform that will end the threat of sexual assault in sports, schools and throughout our society," attorney John Manly, who represents many of the victims, said in a statement.
Nassar was sentenced in January to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting hundreds of young women over a two-decade period under the guise of medical treatment.
Nor did it end a criminal probe of the university's actions with regard to Nassar's behavior.
The statement did not indicate how much money each victim would receive and it also did not say how Michigan State would pay the bill.Īlso, it did not resolve claims against USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic Committee, star gymnastics coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi, and others. It resolves claims against individuals that were employed by the faculty and implicated in the wide-ranging scandal. The agreement with attorneys represents 332 survivorsand is a "global settlement," the school said. "We recognize the need for change on our campus and in our community around sexual assault awareness and prevention." "We are truly sorry to all the survivors and their families for what they have been through, and we admire the courage it has taken to tell their stories," said Brian Breslin, chairman of Michigan State's governing board. Michigan State University announced Wednesday it has agreed to a $500 million (€424 million) settlement with hundreds of former victims Larry Nassar.
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