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Corporates enter #MeToo fray, suspend sponsorship to gymnasts over scandals

One day before Nassar's sentencing, AT&T suspended its USA Gymnastics sponsorship. A month earlier, Procter & Gamble severed ties with the organisation as well

Corporates enter #MeToo fray, suspend sponsorship to gymnasts over scandals
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George B. Cunningham | The Conversation

Revelations brought to light during the trial of sports doctor Larry Nassar are reverberating.

High-level resignations are piling up at Michigan State University, the physician’s former employer. USA Gymnastics, the team’s governing body, has severed its ties with the Karolyi Ranch, the compound where many of the team’s gold medalists say the physician sexually abused them, and its entire board is resigning. The US Olympic Committee is under severe pressure from advocates.

The gymnastics scandal’s shockwaves also have financial implications. One day before Nassar’s