A talented high school gymnast helped put his Utah coach on the national stage, as one of his few students who frequently competed in out-of-state and international meets. But while they were away from home, the coach was secretly filming the teen’s genitals as he was undressed.

And Adam Richard Jacobs did the same to dozens of other children and some adults over several months, according to prosecutors, via a hidden camera he has admitted placing in a restroom at USA Gymnastics World in Woods Cross.

Jacobs is now awaiting sentencing later this month on 17 state-level charges related to videos he made at the gym, after being sentenced in federal court Thursday for filming the teen gymnast outside Utah.

“You put trust in the fact that this adult is going to take care of your son,” that t

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