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Sean Gardner, a former youth gymnastics coach, was sentenced to 90 years in prison on Wednesday, the maximum term U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson could impose.
The sentence follows his guilty pleas to three federal charges of child pornography production, for which he must serve 30 years for each count.
The court ordered him to serve the terms consecutively, resulting in the total 90-year span. Gardner was arrested by the FBI last summer, an event first reported by the Associated Press.
The charges have intensified scrutiny of safety measures in U.S. gymnastics, a sport already grappling with the fallout from the conviction of Larry Nassar.
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