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Aly Raisman to Larry Nassar: 'You Are Nothing'

Aly Raisman: USA Gymnastics
'Is Rotting From the Inside'

Jan 19, 2018 4:10 PM CST

Aly Raisman: USA Gymnastics 'Is Rotting From the Inside'

Olympic gymnast rips into Larry Nassar, US Gymnastics, US Olympic Committee

(Newser) - "The women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time are now a force, and you are nothing," Deadspin quotes Aly Raisman as telling Larry Nassar Friday in court. In a blistering 13-minute speech, the Olympic gold medal-winner ripped into the doctor who allegedly...

Maroney Thought She Was Going to Die During Night With Nassar

Maroney Thought
She'd Die During
Night With Nassar

Jan 19, 2018 6:03 AM CST

Maroney Thought She'd Die During Night With Nassar

He is a 'monster of a human being'

(Newser) - Former USA Gymastics team doctor Larry Nassar "was not a doctor, he in fact is, was, and forever shall be, a child molester, and a monster of a human being. End of story!" McKayla Maroney wrote in a powerful victim statement read aloud by a prosecutor on the...

Larry Nassar
Doesn't Want to
Listen to Victim
Statements

Jan 18, 2018 5:58 PM CST

Larry Nassar Doesn't Want to Listen to Victim Statements

Former USA Gymnastics doctor says it's too hard

(Newser) - The former USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually abusing more than 140 girls and women is being forced to listen to most of his accusers share their stories during sentencing this week, and he's not happy about it. NBC News reports Larry Nassar complained to Judge Rosemarie Aquilina in...

Report: 14 at Michigan State Were Warned About Nassar

Report: School Got 1st Warning
About Nassar Decades Ago

Jan 18, 2018 2:38 PM CST

Report: School Got 1st Warning About Nassar Decades Ago

'He wasn’t stopped by a single person who could have, and should have, stopped him'

(Newser) - In 1997, Larissa Boyce told the head gymnastics coach at Michigan State University that sports doctor Larry Nassar had molested her during treatment. She says she was told she "must be misunderstanding what was going on." Over the next two decades—until Nassar's arrest in 2016—at...

Lawyer: Outrage Forced USA Gymnastics to Drop Maroney Threat

Lawyer: Maroney Threat Was
Only Dropped After Outrage

Jan 18, 2018 2:21 AM CST

Lawyer: Maroney Threat Was Only Dropped After Outrage

Coach tells Nassar to 'go to hell'

(Newser) - USA Gymnastics told McKayla Maroney it wouldn't fine her $100,000 for speaking out against her abuser not because it was the right thing to do, but because public outrage forced the organization to back off, a lawyer for the gymnast says. Attorney John Manly tells USA Today that...

Victim Tells Nassar: I'm Here to 'Destroy Your World'

Victim Describes Nassar Abuse
Starting When She Was 6

Jan 17, 2018 9:40 AM CST

Victim Describes Nassar Abuse Starting When She Was 6

I'm here to 'destroy your world,' Kyle Stephens tells disgraced ex-Team USA coach in court

(Newser) - "Little girls don't stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world" and "I have been coming for you for a long time," Kyle Stephens told disgraced ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar on Tuesday. Revealing her identity for the first time,...

Chrissy Teigen Offers to Pay $100K Fine for Maroney

Chrissy Teigen: I'll Pay Fine if
Maroney Speaks at Sentencing

Jan 17, 2018 3:03 AM CST

Chrissy Teigen: I'll Pay Fine if Maroney Speaks at Sentencing

Gymnast could have been penalized $100K under NDA

(Newser) - Under the terms of a nondisclosure agreement she signed as part of a settlement with USA Gymnastics in 2016, McKayle Maroney could face a $100,000 fine if she speaks out about her sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nasser—and model Chrissy Teigen says she will pay it....

Simone Biles: I Was Sexually
Abused by Larry Nassar

Jan 15, 2018 5:46 PM CST

Simone Biles: I Was Sexually Abused by Larry Nassar

The revelation comes one day before Nassar's sentencing hearing

(Newser) - American Olympic superstar Simone Biles added her name to the list of women who say they were molested by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar Monday, CNN reports. In a statement released on her Twitter account alongside the hashtag "MeToo," the four-time Olympic gold medalist wrote, "...

McKayla Maroney Paid $1.25M
to Keep Quiet About Sex Abuse

Dec 20, 2017 2:34 PM CST

McKayla Maroney Paid $1.25M to Keep Quiet About Sex Abuse

According to report on confidentiality agreement with USA Gymnastics

(Newser) - A lawyer for McKayla Maroney says the Olympic great was forced into signing a confidentiality agreement by USA Gymnastics to cover up her sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar, the Wall Street Journal reports. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by attorney John Manly says Maroney had been "suffering...

Judge Admonishes
Gymnastics Doctor,
Hands Him 60 Years

Dec 7, 2017 12:49 PM CST

Judge Admonishes Gymnastics Doctor, Hands Him 60 Years

Larry Nassar still has more sentencing to go

(Newser) - Larry Nassar's downfall is not yet entirely complete, but it's pretty close. A judge on Thursday sentenced the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor to 60 years in prison on child porn charges. Next month he'll learn how much time he'll have to serve...

Gymnastics Doctor Pleads
Guilty in Sex Abuse Case

Nov 22, 2017 10:42 AM CST

Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty in Sex Abuse Case

Larry Nassar will face at least 25 years in prison

(Newser) - A sports doctor accused of molesting girls while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple charges of sexual assault and will face at least 25 years in prison, the AP reports. Dr. Larry Nassar, 54, was charged with molesting seven girls, mostly under the...

Olympic Champ Says She
Was Abused by Team Doctor

Nov 22, 2017 1:10 AM CST

Olympic Champ Says She Was Abused by Team Doctor

Gabby Douglas is latest to accuse Larry Nassar

(Newser) - Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas says she is among the group of athletes sexually abused by a former team doctor . Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and a three-time gold medalist, wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday that she waited so long to reveal the abuse by Larry Nassar because...

Gold Medalist Aly Raisman:
Team Doc Abused Me, Too

Nov 10, 2017 10:47 AM CST

Gold Medalist Aly Raisman: Team Doc Abused Me, Too

Gymnast says she's 'angry' and 'upset' about Larry Nassar's sexual transgressions against her

(Newser) - Another Olympic gold-medal gymnast has joined former teammate McKayla Maroney in the #MeToo movement, alleging in a 60 Minutes interview to air Sunday that USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar also sexually abused her, USA Today reports. Per ESPN , Aly Raisman, who's now 23, started seeing Nassar when she...

Sex Abuse
Was 'Price' of
Olympic Gold:
McKayla Maroney

Oct 18, 2017 9:05 AM CDT

Sex Abuse Was 'Price' of Olympic Gold: McKayla Maroney

Former USA gymnast says she was abused by team doctor at 13

(Newser) - The #MeToo spotlight has moved beyond Hollywood to focus on sexual abuse at large. Case in point: In a Twitter statement including the hashtag, Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney says she endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, per ESPN . The former...

3 Elite Gymnasts Now
Accuse Doctor of Sex Abuse

Feb 20, 2017 2:02 AM CST

3 Elite Gymnasts Now Accuse Doctor of Sex Abuse

They're the latest to accuse Larry Nassar

(Newser) - Three former elite US gymnasts, including 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, have come forward saying they were sexually abused by a former doctor facing trial on separate abuse charges. Dantzscher, three-time US rhythmic gymnastics champion Jessica Howard, and former national team member Jeanette Antolin appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday, detailing...

Woman Says Gymnastics
Doc Molested Her for Years

Feb 17, 2017 3:35 PM CST

Woman Says Gymnastics Doc Molested Her for Years

Larry Nassar will now face criminal charges in addition to multiple civil suits

(Newser) - A former US Gymnastics doctor already facing federal child pornography charges and dozens of civil lawsuits from gymnasts who say he molested them will have to stand trial for criminal sexual conduct, a Michigan judge has ruled. CBS News reports the decision was made after a 25-year-old woman testified against...