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Aly Raisman Opens Up About Sexual Abuse
by USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar
Time Magazine
By Alice Park
November 13, 2017
https://tinyurl.com/ycjjh5el
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She says Nassar often closed his eyes and would be out of breath while
working on her. Unaware that she was being molested, and still believing
she was receiving medical treatment that would help her, she attributed
his behavior to his being tired or jetlagged from the trips to
competitions around the world.
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Now Raisman says she knows better. I know people will say Why didnt she
tell her mom? Why didnt she say anything? But those questions are unfair,
she says. The fact is I didnt really know it was happening to me. What
people dont get is that he was a doctor. I would never have imagined that
a doctor would abuse me or manipulate me so badly.
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After years of making excuses for what she calls Nassars weird behavior
during the treatment sessions, in July 2015 three years after winning
three medals at her first Olympics she says she finally realized that
Nassar had been sexually abusing her. Raisman says she received a call
from USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny, who asked her to speak to an
investigator who would be coming to Raismans home. He wouldnt tell her
what the visit was about.
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She says the investigator, who was hired by USA Gymnastics to address
complaints about Nassar, asked if Raisman felt safe, and if anyone had
been making her feel uncomfortable. Then she asked specifically about
Nassar, about what he did, how he treated her, how many times, and whether
other people were present during the treatment sessions. At first Raisman
continued to make excuses for Nassar, admitting that she often felt
uncomfortable but also adding that he was a doctor, and didnt mean to make
her uncomfortable, and frequently brought her and the other girls gifts.
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When the investigator left, Raisman thought back on her encounters with
Nassar and realized that the treatments had not been medical in nature but
that she had been sexually abused. She declined to go into detail about
the nature of the abuse. When Raisman called USA Gymnastics back the
following day and asked to speak to the investigator again, she says she
was told that the investigation was ongoing. She also received a text from
an official asking her to stop talking about her experiences with Nassar,
so as not to jeopardize the investigation. Requests for comment to Pennys
attorney were not immediately answered.
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Raisman says that the culture of success at all costs, and the power that
USA Gymnastics wields over the gymnasts and their families vying for
coveted Olympic spots, can allow sexual abuse to go unchecked as victims
feel that its easier and potentially beneficial to stay quiet.
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Raisman says she now feels betrayed, by both Nassar, whom she trusted as a
doctor, and by USA Gymnastics, whom she trusted not to put her in harms
way.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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