Simone Biles Says She Was Abused By Team USA’s Former Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar

Larry Nassar, the former Team USA gymnastics doctor, is a vile pig. He’s been accused of sexually abusing over 100 women and girls, including well-known Olympic athletes like McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman.

Maroney told her story last year.

“I was molested by Dr. Larry Nassar, the team doctor for the US Women’s National Gymnastics Team. Dr. Nassar told me that I was receiving ‘medically necessary treatment that he had been performing on patients for over 30 years.’ It started when I was 13 years old, at one of my first National Team training camps, in Texas, and it didn’t end until I left the sport,” she wrote.

“It seemed whenever and wherever this man could find the chance, I was ‘treated.’ It happened in London before my team and I won the gold medal, and it happened before I won my silver,” she continued. “For me the scariest night of my life happened when I was 15 years old. I had flown all day and night with the team to get to Tokyo. He’d given me a sleeping pill for the flight, and the next thing I know, I was all alone with him in his hotel room getting a ‘treatment.’ I thought I was going to die that night.”

Aly Raisman followed suit.

“Why are we looking at why didn’t the girls speak up? Why not look at what about the culture?” Raisman asked. “What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?”

Here’s her interview with Megyn Kelly:

Now, Simone Biles is stepping forward.

“I am not afraid to tell my story anymore. I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar,” she said.

Feelings… 💭 #MeToo pic.twitter.com/ICiu0FCa0n

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) January 15, 2018

My heart goes out to these girls. This man is a monster. Speaking of, Nassar’s criminal sentencing is underway. Victims are speaking against him court.

"Little girls don't stay little forever. They turn into strong women who return to destroy your world": Women and girls sexually abused by Larry Nassar are confronting him in court: https://t.co/VgY87MOCrE pic.twitter.com/1uTQadnKcE

— CNN (@CNN) January 16, 2018

Given the remarkable scope of the years of abuse, several days of court have been set aside for victims or their parents to speak out about Nassar — and the systems of power that protected him. Prosecutors in court said that 98 victim statements are expected in all, though that number could change.

Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor for about two decades, pleaded guilty in November to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County in Michigan. As part of his plea deal, he admitted that he used his position as a trusted medical professional to sexually abuse young girls.

Rot in jail, Nassar.