Simone Biles on the experience of testifying in the Larry Nassar scandal
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#MeToo9579819087Feelings... #MeToo https://t.co/ICiu0FCa0n The court trials went on from 2016, but Simone Biles didn't feel ready to see her abuser again. She appeared in court in 2021 with Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, and McKayla Maroney to testify against Nassar. This time, she felt powerful. In 2021, months after Simone Biles had testified in court against Larry Nassar, she sat down with People for an interview. In the interview, she discussed the Tokyo Olympics, mental health, and the court trial. During the trial, she blamed the entire system for enabling and perpetuating the abuse and said that the USA Gymnastics and the USA Olympics and Paralympics Committee had failed to do their jobs. She had previously said how traumatic the whole abuse cycle was for her. In the interview, she said that the trial helped her and how powerful it felt. "I think that speaking at congress helped so much and I think we were so powerful when we did it but people forget how traumatic it is for us,"
We were so powerful when we did it - Simone Biles on the experience of testifying in the Larry Nassar scandal
By Ira Deokule Modified 28 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share US Gymnasts Testify As Senate Examines FBI's Handling Of Larry Nassar Investigation (Image via Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) When US gymnast Simone Biles and her fellow comrades testified against their physician and now convicted rapist, Larry Nassar, in 2021, it was one of the most powerful moments in the history of sports. Larry Nassar was the team doctor of the United States National Women's Gymnastics Team. In 2015, Nassar's heinous actions of sexually abusing young gymnasts came to light. It shocked the world. Although some gymnasts had complained about the same thing in the 1990s, it was not until 2015 that USA Gymnastics took action against him. It was alleged that he continuously abused almost 265 girls and women over a period of several years under the guise of medical treatment. His victims include some of the biggest names in gymnastics. The stories that came forward after that were nothing short of horror stories that left the world flabbergasted at what these gymnasts went through. Biles came forward as a victim in 2018 through a social media post. Simone Biles@Simone_BilesFeelings...#MeToo9579819087Feelings... #MeToo https://t.co/ICiu0FCa0n The court trials went on from 2016, but Simone Biles didn't feel ready to see her abuser again. She appeared in court in 2021 with Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, and McKayla Maroney to testify against Nassar. This time, she felt powerful. In 2021, months after Simone Biles had testified in court against Larry Nassar, she sat down with People for an interview. In the interview, she discussed the Tokyo Olympics, mental health, and the court trial. During the trial, she blamed the entire system for enabling and perpetuating the abuse and said that the USA Gymnastics and the USA Olympics and Paralympics Committee had failed to do their jobs. She had previously said how traumatic the whole abuse cycle was for her. In the interview, she said that the trial helped her and how powerful it felt. "I think that speaking at congress helped so much and I think we were so powerful when we did it but people forget how traumatic it is for us,"