Ex-USA Gymnastics Head Indicted in Texas on Tampering Charge

Ex-USA Gymnastics Head Indicted in Texas on Tampering Charge
Larry Nassar, former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts, appears in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., on Oct. 17, 2018. Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal/AP
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas—Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested on Oct. 17, after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the Walker County district attorney’s office in Huntsville, Texas, said Penny was arrested by a fugitive task force in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and awaits extradition to Texas.