Last month, US Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney came out and accused USA Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, of molesting her.
“I was molested by Dr. Larry Nassar, the team doctor for the US Women’s National Gymnastics Team. Dr. Nassar told me that I was receiving ‘medically necessary treatment that he had been performing on patients for over 30 years,” she wrote. “It started when I was 13 years old, at one of my first National Team training camps, in Texas, and it didn’t end until I left the sport.”
“It seemed whenever and wherever this man could find the chance, I was ‘treated.’ It happened in London before my team and I won the gold medal, and it happened before I won my silver,” she continued. “For me the scariest night of my life happened when I was 15 years old. I had flown all day and night with the team to get to Tokyo. He’d given me a sleeping pill for the flight, and the next thing I know, I was all alone with him in his hotel room getting a ‘treatment.’ I thought I was going to die that night.”
Can you even IMAGINE??? Horrific. All of it.
Maroney’s accusations weren’t exactly anything new. Nassar has a history of being a disgusting scumbag. He was arrested on federal child pornography charges last year (authorities found 37,000 images and videos) and has been accused of sexual abuse by over 100 women and girls.
Now, there’s another.
Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman said she was sexually abused by Nassar, and she did try to take action. She was actually in contact with the FBI after the Rio Olympics.
‘Why are we looking at why didn’t the girls speak up? Why not look at what about the culture?’ asks Raisman in a preview of her CBS interview.
‘What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?’
Raisman, who began being treated by Nassar when she was 15, reveals during the interview that she spoke with the FBI shortly after the Rio Games last summer.
‘USA Gymnastics is very sorry that any athlete has been harmed,’ said the organization in a statement.
‘We want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe.’
Raisman’s angry, and rightly so.
“I am angry. I’m really upset because it’s been – I care a lot you know, when I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is,” Raisman said.
“I just – I can’t – every time I look at them, every time I see them smiling, I just think – I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this,” she added.
The full “60 Minutes” interview will air this Sunday.
Here’s hoping Nassar rots in jail for the remainder of his days.