UNITED STATES
The Detroit News
November 10, 2017
By Charles E. Ramirez
Six-time Olympic medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman said she is also a victim of Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University doctor accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 girls.
Raisman confirmed the abuse to TV news magazine “60 Minutes,” which will broadcast the interview set to air Sunday, according to USA Today. The three-time gold medalist and captain of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams also describes it in her book, “Fierce,” which will be released next week.
“I am angry. I’m really upset,” Raisman told “60 Minutes.” “I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is … I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this.”
Her disclosure of the attack comes about a month after her teammate on the so-called “Fierce Five” gymnastics team, Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney she was sexually assaulted by Nassar when she was young.
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