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Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2017 19:33:31 GMT
Three-time gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar and is "angry" about the culture that allowed the abuse to go on, she said in an interview with "60 Minutes." Raisman, now 23, was a star gymnast on the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic teams, earning six medals overall. She said that she was first treated by Nassar when she was 15 years old. "Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up?" Raisman said in a short clip released by 60 Minutes. "Why not look at what about the culture? What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?"  "You're angry," reporter Jon Lapook said. "I am angry. I'm really upset because it's been -- I care a lot, you know, when I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is, I just -- I can't -- every time I look at them, every time I see them smiling, I just think -- I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this." |
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Post by Admin on Nov 14, 2017 19:03:12 GMT
In her new book, Aly Raisman says it wasn’t until she started seeing other doctors and athletic trainers that she began to realize that the so-called “treatment” she received from USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was not typical.
On Monday, People published an excerpt of Raisman’s book, Fierce, in which the 23-year-old Needham native describes the alleged sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of the team doctor, who has been accused of sexually abusing hundreds of athletes under his care. Raisman first spoke publicly about her experience in a Sunday interview on 60 Minutes.
The six-time Olympic medalist has said she began receiving treatments from Nassar when she was 15 years old.
“I would lie on the table, my hands involuntarily balling themselves into fists as his ungloved hands worked their way under my clothing,” Raisman wrote in a section of the book that People excerpted. “‘Treatment sessions’ with him always made me feel tense and uncomfortable.”
Due to Nassar’s reputation for being “the best doctor,” Raisman said she tried to assure herself that what he was doing was above board.
“I would grit my teeth,” she wrote in another section that People excerpted, “trying to convince myself that all this was part of the healing process. The truth was he never made my injuries feel any better, but I always obeyed because he had a reputation for being the best doctor.”
Raisman, whose book will be published Tuesday, told People that before coming forward with her story, she was worried about what others would think.
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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2018 18:52:28 GMT
 USA Gymnastics has parted ways with recently hired coach Mary Lee Tracy because Tracy tried to contact Aly Raisman, one of Larry Nassar's most outspoken victims. Only three days after being hired as the program's elite development coordinator, Tracy posted on social media Friday that she was asked to resign after trying to contact Raisman to apologize, and in the hopes "we could work together to make our sport better and learn from all the mistakes of the past." USA Gymnastics said in a statement that Tracy inappropriately contacted Raisman, who is suing the federation, and was critical of Tracy's hiring because the coach had previously defended Nassar. Raisman, a three-time Olympic champion, tweeted after Tracy's hiring, calling it "a slap in the face for survivors, and further confirmation that nothing at USAG has changed." "Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up?" Raisman said. "Why not look at what about the culture? What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?  |
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