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Report Incident:

Gymnaatics who assisted -in reporting and told her it had to be
reported to the polls 1 made at least 3 calls to us Gymnastics

requesting someone call me a Child Abuse investigation with no
return calls.

W412 I snake with-- requesting he):
and -- She described how Mike West had been a

and emotionally abuslve coach to the children. she told he
she used to work at the club named Gyrmaetice Nest and that the parents
,were not allowed in the gym. weal: said the reason was because the kids

needed to focus. she said, was a mom always therevand it drove
him nuts. He would take it out on the kids."

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She Continued, "Once I knew Mike was upset: abDut somethan but I thought:
it was probably about money.

Laura and Sam sat down and talked with him.
Sam had walked in on something and than had told Laura, one of the
coache5.--was like an obsession for Mike .. He tough: her things.

She traveled for free when her parents couldn't afford to buy her things
tor send her on-trips.

"Lanna had Concerns about Mike's relet
married after that and opena
marrled had drug problems
like, 'The
saying.

iear later a good ErLEnd of mine.

ionsh'ip with -- s'an got

in the Seattle area. The girl he
Then Mike turned on and he would say
y-re doing drugs and you can-t believe a thing they're

--who had a daughter
on the team talked with me. west had 4 girls at Disneworld in
Florida He'd stop them at Dieneyworld and discipline them by pushups
and walking on their toes, etc. _quit and left. We late. A week
before we letc is when I learned of: the story of Sam walking in on Mike
and --told me 'Don'c leave --here Laura,
the blonde Coach had made-- Meal: she wouldn't _was
-- Mom. --wes a little older than _l asked her If

anything sexually had happened to _and she swears 
that _den'iee anything happened sexually.

"Al: must have told . then
--had mental problems. _told her Mom. pparently said

she'd lull. herselfi if anyone found out about she and Mlke West.

 

 

"We met him in 1993. We moved from Canada to Portlan
first 1: was physically hard for her.
_hlossomedl There was another coach Rob. Then when they would get

. really good he (West) would pull them into his group. Mike would say oi
 can-c break her.' I started working for him in 1954. I never

 

_was 10. At
it was a very discipl ned gym.

sus acted nex e1 first heard when_ talked with me here,
walked to me at the end of their marriage. he
said,

think we're having prablems and than he told me

kn both Mike'a X-wlfe was - and his cuxrent wife is
. Before 1 found out about -but alter --was college

called me and said the had concerns that samething may have
happened to nd their children Mike always seemed to

favor and sometimes just wanted to see him or bought gifts for
him far no apparent reason. She: wanted to know if I would ceaLlfy ii she

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