Dave Brubaker, the director of Canada’s national women’s gymnastics team, was charged Friday with multiple sexual offenses by police in Sarnia, Ontario, the Associated Press reports. Brubaker, who coached the Canadian national team at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, was charged with one count of invitation to sexual touching, three counts of sexual interference, three counts of sexual exploitation and three counts of sexual assault. “Our first priority within Gymnastics Canada is always the safety of our athletes,” Richard Crepin, chair of Gymnastics Canada’s board of directors, said in a statement. Gymnastics Canada suspended Arsenault on Dec. 7. Last month, former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar pleaded guilty to seven sexual assaults in Michigan.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2017 21:08 UTC