Kathyrn Geddert is famous for being the wife of the late John Geddert. Moreover, she’s also a graduate student of Central Michigan University and has made a name for herself. It’s also worth adding that she along with her husband had opened up Twistars Gymnastics Club in Lansing Michigan in the year 1996. There the duo trained sportspeople for international and national tournaments.
So, if you didn’t know already then it’s worth knowing that John Geddert worked as the former USA Olympic women’s gymnastics team’s coach. However, he has committed suicide because of a few charges against him. As per the reports, a few people alleged that he had involvement with human trafficking. In fact, there were further allegations that he sexually assaulted someone. Soon after the media surfaced these allegations against him, the man killed himself.
After his death, a lot of people commented and expressed their grief. In fact, people have also paid their respects and given condolences to his family members, especially his wife Kathryn.
So, if you want to know more about him and his wife Kathryn Geddert, then go through this article. We will provide some insights into their lives and whether they share any child or not.
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A Bit On Geddert’s Wife, Kathryn
So, the age of John Geddert’s wife Kathryn Geddert is around 62. She hasn’t made many public appearances and that’s why it’s difficult to know more about her. However, we know that in the month of June 1996, the pair did something really good. So, in that year, they opened up Twistars Gymnastics Club in Michigan, as we said earlier.
The duo had dual ownership to that venture but later on, John transferred it to his wife’s name when he took retirement. In fact, he did that because of a very serious reason. According to the sources, in the year 2018, the USA gymnastics suspended him over a few allegations.
However, it’s also true that his wife didn’t enjoy the ownership much long. In fact, in this year’s month of February, she sold the gym. Currently, someone has renamed it Capital City Flips.
John Geddert’s Death & More
Now that we have a sufficient amount of info on Kathryn Geddert, let’s talk about the death of her husband John. So, as we know already, John was the former US Olympics women’s gymnastic team’s coach. However, 63-year-old John on 25th February this year committed suicide. This incident happened occurred this year just after the allegations came to the surface that he had a hand in human trafficking and sexual assault.
To elaborate further, on 25th February, the authorities and police charged him with a total of 24 crimes, including human trafficking. In fact, they have also accused him of lying during the investigations in the year 2016, shortly after the Larry Nassar scandal. Moreover, they have also charged him with a second-degree sexual assault stigma.
So, after all these incidents, he took his own life. The Michigan Attorney general Dana Nessel said, “My office has been notified that the body of John Geddert was found late this afternoon after taking his own life. This is a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved.”
John & Kathryn’s Marital Life: How Many Children They Had?
So, according to the reports, Kathryn Geddert and John shared three children. However, they had decided against sharing the names of those 3 little ones. In other words, they liked to lead a strict and private life until John’s death.
