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Ex-USA Gymnastics trainer has sexual assault count dropped

4 years 2 months 1 week ago Friday, January 17 2020 Jan 17, 2020 January 17, 2020 6:31 PM January 17, 2020 in News - AP Texas Headlines

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped a sexual assault charge against a former trainer who worked alongside imprisoned ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar at the famed Karolyi gymnastics ranch in Texas. Debra Van Horn had been awaiting trial in Huntsville, Texas, on a June 2018 count of second-degree sexual assault of a child. However, Walker County District Attorney Will Durham said Friday that there was insufficient evidence to take Van Horn to trial. Van Horn's attorney, Heather Barbieri, has not responded to a request for comment. Nassar is serving decades in prison for sexual assault and possession of child pornography in Michigan.

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