A former youth gymnastics coach, Sean Gardner, has been sentenced to 90 years in prison after secretly recording young female athletes undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym, according to CBS News. Investigators recovered the footage from Gardner’s computers years later while examining allegations that he had sexually abused gymnasts in Iowa, and seized approximately 50 videos and 400 photos from his residence, according to an FBI affidavit.
U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson handed him the maximum possible sentence, ordering him to serve 30 years for each of three federal charges involving the production of child sexual abuse material. Gardner, 39, pleaded guilty to the charges, as noted in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
