Let's drill down on this a bit. From the investigative

report and a link to Colarossi's depo....

“to the best of my knowledge there’s no duty to report if you are --if you are a third party to the allegation… you know…”

Steven Penny, President USA Gymnastics during a 2015 deposition

Robert Colarossi (President and Chief Executive USA Gymnastics 1998-2005) said he inherited an executive policy of dismissing complaints as “hearsay” unless they were signed by a victim or victim’s parent — a policy that experts said could deter people from reporting abuse. It’s not clear exactly when that policy was created or by whom.

“What we’re talking about,” Colarossi said, “is a policy that was a policy of the executive office.”

Michael Athans, an attorney representing USA Gymnastics, told IndyStar those policies go back to at least the 1990s and “really haven’t changed.”

Click here for link at http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2940097-gggNo-Reporti