Aly Raisman describes the longterm impacts of abuse: 'Experiencing a type of abuse is not something one just suffers in the moment, it carries on with them sometimes for the rest of their lives... I've often wondered am I ever going to feel better?'
sentenced in 2018 to up to 175 years in prison"We have been failed, and we deserve answers," Biles, the first gymnast to speak, said while fighting back tears during parts of her testimony."Nassar is where he belongs, but those who enabled him deserve to be held accountable. If they are not, I am convinced that this will continue to happen to others across Olympic sports.
"Over the past few years it has become painfully clear how a survivor's healing is affected by the handling of their abuse, and it disgusts me that we are still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability over six years later," said Raisman, who cited failings of USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, in addition to the FBI's.
Raisman later described the delay in investigating Nassar as"like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter." "Today," she said to the senators,"I ask you all to hear my voice. I ask you please do all that is in your power to ensure that these individuals are held responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report, for lying about my initial report and for covering up for a child molester."U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney testifies during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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