The Larry Nassar affair continues to shake American sport. According to Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into sexual abuse in Olympic sports. It should focus primarily on gymnastics, but could extend to other sports. The American daily reveals that the Department of Justice is currently studying “ failures, in the broad sense of the term, of the Olympic movement when it comes to responding to signs of widespread abuse of children. » Prosecutors have reportedly already interviewed witnesses and collected documents from the US Center for Safesport, set up two years ago to handle reports of abuse in American sports. The Justice Department's move follows a bill from two US senators, Jerry Moran and Richard Blumenthal, presented last July to strengthen Congressional control over the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOCP).
— Published September 15, 2019
