Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman spoke out against the 'entire system that enabled and perpetuated' former Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse.
"I sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what I, the athletes at this table, and the countless other who needlessly suffered under Nassar's guise of medical treatment which we continue to endure today. We suffered and continue to suffer, because no one at the FBI, USAG or the USOPC did what was necessary to protect us. We have been failed and we deserve answers," Biles said in her testimony.
Maroney claimed that the FBI agents later made "entirely false claims about what I said" after she told them her "entire story of abuse" by Nassar in 2015. "Not only did the FBI not report my abuse, but when they eventually documented my report, 17 months later, they made entirely false claims about what I said," she said. "I was shocked and deeply disappointed at this narrative they chose to fabricate.
"I reported my abuse to USA Gymnastics over six years ago, and so my family and I received few answers and have even more questions about how this was allowed to occur and dozens of other little girls and women at Michigan State had to be abused after I reported," she said about Nassar, who worked for Michigan State University from 1997 to 2016.
Last to speak to the committee was Raisman, who told the senators that the FBI made her feel "like my abuse didn't count, that it wasn't a big deal" and called for a "complete and full independent investigation" of the FBI, USAG and the USOPC. "Then from there, then we will know the answers of who should be held accountable," the six-time Olympic medalist said.
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