Officials at USA Gymnastics have begun to focus on negotiations with insurers and former gymnasts who have said they deserve compensation from the organization’s failure to protect them from a longtime doctor who sexually abused them, the WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. In court papers, lawyers for the Indiana-based sports organization proposed to hire Nevada bankruptcy Judge Gregg Zive to help with the settlement talks between the organization and gymnasts, who have filed a request for compensation before the April 29 deadline. The organization filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, facing law-enforcement investigations and lawsuits filed by former Olympic gymnasts and other women. The filing halted depositions and discovery in those lawsuits. Since then, former gymnasts, taxing authorities and companies that did business with the organization have submitted more than 300 claims.
