WASHINGTON (DC)
Detroit News
Melissa Nann Burke, Detroit News Washington Bureau
April 18, 2018
Washington — Olympic gymnastic stars Jordyn Wieber and Jamie Dantzcher told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday that their abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar would not have occurred had the “adults” at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University “done their job.”
“They are still refusing to admit what the problem really is and that they’re accountable for it,” Wieber, a DeWitt native, said about MSU, which employed Nassar through the London 2012 Olympics.
Asked by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, how Interim MSU President John Engler is doing in his new role, Wieber replied: “He’s almost trying to fight the survivors, rather than trying to work with us,” adding that he hasn’t reached out to her.
“Why still is reputation of the university and money more important than the lives of hundreds of girls and women who were abused under their responsibility?” she said.
Wieber and Dantzcher, a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, and other athletes asked the senators to hold the organizations accountable.
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