--- title: Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation description: Marvin Sharp, An Olympic gymnastics coach, was arrested Indianapolis on suspicion of child molestation canonical: https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T13:26:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:24:56.276Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation og:description: The investigation began with a complaint from a female gymnast og:url: https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7571ba61eba887af/698860ba524fc03d89df4360/marvin-sharp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Marvin Sharp is a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Womens Gym og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation twitter:description: The investigation began with a complaint from a female gymnast twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7571ba61eba887af/698860ba524fc03d89df4360/marvin-sharp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation by [Tim Stelloh / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tim Stelloh / NBC News Aug 25, 2015 1:26 PM CUT  Marvin Sharp was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics team. Marvin Sharp was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics team.MCT/Getty Images by [Tim Stelloh / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tim Stelloh / NBC News Aug 25, 2015 1:26 PM CUT An Olympic gymnastics coach was arrested early Monday morning in Indianapolis on suspicion of child molestation, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office told NBC News. The spokeswoman, Peg McLeish, said that Marvin Sharp has not formally been charged, and that her office is sharing its investigation with federal authorities. NBC affiliate WTHR [reported](http://www.wthr.com/story/29861893/federal-local-authorities-raid-northwest-side-home "undefined") that the investigation began with a complaint from a female gymnast at Sharp’s Gymnastics Academy. On Sunday evening, detectives searching for child pornography removed computers and other electronic devices from Sharp’s home, the station reported. In a statement, USA Gymnastics told WTHR that it “is… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/olympic-gymnastics-coach-arrested-suspicion-child-molestation-n415146?cid=par-time-article%5F20150825 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/"},"headline":"Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation","datePublished":"2015-08-25T13:26:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:24:56.276Z","description":"The investigation began with a complaint from a female gymnast","url":"https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7571ba61eba887af/698860ba524fc03d89df4360/marvin-sharp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tim Stelloh / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7571ba61eba887af/698860ba524fc03d89df4360/marvin-sharp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Marvin Sharp is a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Womens Gym","caption":"Marvin Sharp is a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Womens Gym","creditText":"MCT/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009619/olympic-gymnastics-coach-child-molestation/","name":"Olympic Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation"}}]}] ```