UNITED STATES
ESPN
November 10, 2017
John Barr/The Associated Press
Aly Raisman, a six-time Olympic medalist and two-time national team captain, said she was sexually abused by former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, according to CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
Nassar already faces 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and could receive a sentence of life in prison.
Raisman told “60 Minutes,” in an interview scheduled to air Sunday, that she spoke to FBI investigators after serving as national team captain at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the interview, Raisman said she didn’t know why it took so long for allegations against Nassar to come forward.
“Why are we looking at why didn’t the girls speak up? Why not look at what about the culture?” she said. “What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?”
Now 23, Raisman told “60 Minutes” that she started seeing Nassar when she was 15. She details the abuse in her book “Fierce,” which will be released on Nov. 14.
USA Gymnastics said in a statement Friday that Raisman sharing her personal experience took “great courage” and it is “appalled by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused.”
Raisman, who was also captain of the team for the 2012 Games in London, is the second member of the “Fierce Five” U.S. women’s gymnastics team — and third Olympian overall — to allege abuses by Nassar. Just last month, Raisman offered her support to McKayla Maroney after she alleged abuse by Nassar dating back to 2009, when she was just 13.
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