Rustam Sharipov made a statement on facebook about Tatiana Gutsu’s post that said he and Tatiana Toropova knew about Vitaly Scherbo raping her. Other gymnasts like Lilia Pokopayeva, Dominique Moceanu, Sean Townsend, Svetlana Boginskaya, Kathy Johnson, and Lyudmila Stovbchataya Shamenko left these comments.