Gymnasts launch legal action against British Gymnastics
On Friday 26 February, a group of 17 gymnasts served a Letter of Claim on British Gymnastics, the sport’s governing body, outlining allegations of systemic physical and psychological abuse perpetrated by coaches against children as young as six. The claimants allege that during training and competitions they were subjected to persistent abuse that has caused them to sustain serious and continuing psychological and physical damage.
You can find all the media coverage of the action below.
The Guardian: British Gymnastics faces group-claim lawsuit from 17 alleging abuse
The Times: Gymnasts sue over ‘systemic psychological and physical abuse’
The Telegraph: British Gymnastics legal action: What are the claims, what happens next and who is behind it?
The Daily Mail: Group of 17 former gymnasts sue crisis-hit British Gymnastics for 'decades of systemic abuse' including allegations of gaslighting, body shaming and bullying
Inside the games: Former gymnasts launch legal action against British Gymnastics for "physical and psychological abuse"
