A Las Vegas gymnastics manager was arrested Monday aft 2 of his students accused him of squeezing their buttocks astatine a gymnastics studio, constabulary said.
Michael Nestor, 21, faces 2 felony charges of lewdness with a kid nether the property of 14 and 2 felony charges of archetypal grade kidnapping of a minor, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records.
Nestor was a gymnastics manager astatine the Go For It USA gymnastics studio, located adjacent North Rancho Drive and West Craig Road successful the northwest valley. In a connection Tuesday, the gym said Nestor had been fired aft it retained an extracurricular instrumentality steadfast to behaviour an investigation.
“We person zero tolerance for inappropriate, unsafe oregon abusive conduct,” the connection read. “We are unwavering successful our modular that everyone indispensable enactment professionally and respectfully to supply our athletes with a harmless and rewarding acquisition successful the athletics of gymnastics.”
Nestor denied the kids’ allegations successful an interrogation with constabulary Monday, telling a detective helium had ne'er inappropriately touched a child, according to a Metropolitan Police Department apprehension report.
Coach offered lollipop earlier touching, constabulary say
In the report, a lad whose sanction is redacted told an interviewer astatine the Southern Nevada Children’s Advocacy Center that Nestor gave the lad a lollipop successful the studio’s restroom aft Nestor offered it to him if the lad washed his hands portion astatine gymnastics campy connected June 17.
While the lad licked the lollipop, Nestor “crouched down and squeezed and slapped his butt lightly implicit his clothes,” according to the report. The lad told constabulary Nestor touched his butt for astir 10 seconds.
“(Redacted) could consciousness his butt being squished and could consciousness Michael’s enactment connected his neck,” the study said. “(Redacted) asked Michael wherefore helium was doing this, and Michael did not respond.”
The lad said helium ran from Nestor and hid successful a bath stall, but struggled to aboriginal permission the stall due to the fact that Nestor was blocking the stall door, according to the report. Nestor told him “please don’t go” portion helium was blocking the door, the lad told police.
The lad yet pulled the doorway hard capable to flight the stall and ran from the restroom, constabulary said.
The studio’s wide manager told investigators she showed Nestor surveillance footage that did not align with his mentation of events aft the boy’s parent came to her with concerns astir Nestor touching her son’s buttocks. She said she had ne'er earlier received complaints astir Nestor.
She told constabulary that Nestor’s demeanor was a “pure panic attack” erstwhile she confronted him. The wide manager placed Nestor connected permission pending an probe and said she aboriginal saw him crying and breathing heavy extracurricular her bureau window, according to the report.
Second pupil alleges touching
When the lad ran to his sister and person wrong the workplace aft Nestor touched him, his person told him Nestor had besides touched him months earlier, the study said.
The different boy, whose sanction is besides redacted successful the report, told a Southern Nevada Children’s Advocacy Center interviewer that Nestor had squeezed his buttocks portion helium was washing his hands. He said Nestor stopped touching him erstwhile different idiosyncratic walked into the bathroom, according to the report.
“(Redacted) stated that this caught him disconnected defender and made him consciousness uncomfortable,” the study said. “He stated that helium felt it wrong of his tummy and his bosom was beating due to the fact that helium didn’t cognize what was happening.”
Coach: ‘I didn’t interaction them’
In an interrogation with constabulary connected Monday, Nestor said helium was having tummy problems connected June 17, resulting successful him going to the bath respective times that day, according to the report.
Nestor said helium had brought a lollipop into the restroom to settee his tummy and saw the boy, but did not interact with him, the study said.
Asked if the 2 boys were lying astir the allegations, Nestor said “I guess,” adding, “I didn’t interaction them.”
A 2021 kid protective services study against Nestor alleged helium had touched a friend’s genitals erstwhile helium was 16, according to the report. Nestor told constabulary the incidental was “determined to beryllium boys exploring.”
Nestor’s adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for July 2, according to online tribunal records.
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