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Former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner faces federal child pornography charges.

Gardner allegedly filmed underage gymnasts changing clothes with a hidden camera in Mississippi.

West Des Moines police are investigating allegations of inappropriate contact with gymnasts at Chow's Gymnastics, where Gardner also worked.

A former coach at a storied West Des Moines gymnastics studio is facing federal charges for child pornography amid allegations of misconduct with young female gymnasts across two states.

Sean Gardner appeared in court this week on federal charges alleging he used a hidden camera to record underage gymnasts changing at a gym where he worked in Purvis, Mississippi. Gardner later took a job with Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, a pro

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