The touching 'happened several times' after that first incident said Frederick, who explained that 'Richie never touched her it was always she touched him.' The report goes on to state: 'She said that maybe she thought that Richie was going to divorce Lynn and marry her.' In an alarming admission, Frederick stated to investigators that although she 'felt weird,' she began to think about the numerous 'coaches that married their gymnasts and thought that was what this meant.' She said that she figured that Lisa was probably just having a hard time with the zipper.'ĭetails of the alleged assault are now being revealed in a lawsuit Carlson (above in 2015 photo included in court docs) has filed against USA Gymnastics She stated that Lisa had her bra on mid the leotard was around Lisa's waist and Lisa was pulling it up. The report continued: 'She said that the leotard was one where you put your feet through first and then it had a zipper on the back to close it. Frederick said she went by herself as she usually did to go and warm up before the others and the training began and saw in the process of pulling up her leotard.' Frederick said that it was before world championships that she had walked into a room in the lower level of the gym where they kept their shoes and grips in the cubbies and when she walked in, Don was standing in his usual position that she would see him, with his arms crossed and his one hand on his chin, staring at the girls,' reads the report. In retrospect, Frederick recounted one instance to investigators that occurred when she was 15 or 16 at the gym. Peters has denied those allegations of sexual misconduct. Report filed after 2015 interview with Marcia Frederickįrederick told investigators she first learned bars from Don Peters, who never sexually assaulted or abused her but may have acted inappropriate with other young woman. It is in this complaint that the details of the investigation into Frederick's claims have been revealed. That is why he has filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics challenging the determination of a three-person panel that he had an inappropriate relationship Frederick. In one instance that occured in 1979, she scored the first perfect 10 in competition just moments after orally pleasuring her coach.Ĭarlson has admitted that he had a sexual relationship with Frederick but only when she was of legal age. It began with Frederick being directed to allegedly rub her coach's genitals over his pants, and eventually led to him sneaking up a fire escape as his wife slept so that he could quietly enter Frederick's room through the window and have her perform oral sex, claim court documents. She detailed the alleged grooming to investigators back in 2015 during two lengthy interviews. It was at that meet however that her coach was dismissed, amid allegations of sexual misconduct, and she was paired with Richard Carlson, then 25, who she claimed in multiple interviews with investigators forced her to engage in sexual relations with him over the course of the next three years. Marcia Frederick, now 55, had just turned 15 when she made history at the 1978 World Championship in Strasbourg, France by winning gold in the uneven bars. The first woman from the United States to win a world championship alleges that she was forced to perform oral sex on her coach up to twice a day in new court documents obtained by.
From the age of 16 until she was 18, Frederick alleges that Carlson would make her perform oral sex on him twice-a-day.Details of the alleged assault are now being revealed in a lawsuit Carlson has filed against USA Gymnastics.
She was the first US gymnast to win a world championship on the bars in 1978 and the next year scored the first perfect ten by an American in competition.Marcia Frederick, now 55, had just turned 15 when she claims that coach Richard Carlson, then 25, began to sexually assault her.'It's something you had to do to get to the Olympics': First US gymnast to win a world title claims she was forced to perform oral sex on her coach twice-a-day for two years starting at the age of 16