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Former gymnastics coach sentenced to 90 years over hidden bathroom recordings
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CBS News, the New York Post, Fox News and Breitbart report that a U.S. district judge sentenced Sean Gardner, 39, a former gymnastics coach, to 90 years in prison. The outlets say Gardner pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a gymnastics studio in Purvis, Mississippi, between December 2017 and April 2018. The outlets say the court imposed the maximum sentence possible, 30 years for each of three federal child pornography production charges. Investigators say videos recovered from his computers show at least 10 minors naked or undressing. Breitbart also reports that the case renews questions about whether U.S. gymnastics authorities did enough to protect athletes from abuse.
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Sean Gardner, 39, a former gymnastics coach, was sentenced to 90 years in prison.
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Gardner pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a gymnastics studio in Purvis, Mississippi, between December 2017 and April 2018.
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The court imposed the maximum sentence possible, 30 years for each of three federal child pornography production charges.
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Investigators say videos recovered from Gardner’s computers show at least 10 minors naked or undressing.
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All sides present report that former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years for secretly recording students in a Mississippi bathroom. The right-side outlets lead with the crime and, in Fox’s case, the FBI arrest, while the left-side outlet states the sentence and the recordings in a shorter, plainer headline.
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States the sentence and the recordings in a short, plain headline that names the case without adding comment on the sport or its governing bodies.
Gymnastics coach gets 90 years in girls bathroom recordings case
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Leads with the 90-year sentence and the crime, and Fox credits an FBI arrest; Breitbart’s headline stresses the gymnasts undressing and its description adds the sport’s pinnacle.
FBI arrest leads to maximum 90-year sentence for gymnastics coach who recorded minors at Mississippi gym
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reaches to the very pinnacle of the sport
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reaches to the very pinnacle of the sportMore neutral: a case that also raises questions about U.S. gymnastics authorities
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…gym was sentenced to 90 years in prison Wednesday in a case that reaches to the very pinnacle of the sport.
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- hidden bathroom recordings
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- CBS NewsLeft
Gymnastics coach gets 90 years in girls bathroom recordings case
The judge gave the maximum sentence possible to Sean Gardner, 39, who pleaded guilty to placing a hidden camera in a bathroom at a gymnastics studio in Purvis, Mississippi.
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0 outletsNo center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
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3 outletsLeads with
- the FBI arrest
- the 90-year sentence
- minors recorded undressing
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Ex-Coach Who Secretly Recorded Young Gymnasts Undressing Gets 90 Years in Prison
A former youth gymnastics coach who secretly recorded his young female charges undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym was sentenced to 90 years in prison Wednesday in a case that Sensational language“reaches to the very pinnacle of the sport”The phrase implies the case sits at the top of the sport, which the supplied text does not establish.More neutral: a case that also raises questions about U.S. gymnastics authoritiesDisagree with this highlight?.
- Fox NewsFar Right
FBI arrest leads to maximum 90-year sentence for gymnastics coach who recorded minors at Mississippi gym
Sean Gardner received the maximum 90-year prison sentence for placing a hidden camera to record young gymnasts undressing at a Mississippi gym.
Ex-gymnastics coach handed 90-year prison sentence for secretly recording young gymnasts undressing
Former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly recording young students at a Mississippi gym.
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CBS News, Oct 14, 7:47 PM EDT
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31 min later
Its first report, Oct 14, 8:19 PM EDT
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- CBS NewsLeftOct 14, 7:47 PM EDT
- New York PostRightOct 14, 8:19 PM EDT
- Fox NewsFar RightOct 14, 9:19 PM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 15, 6:01 AM EDT
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