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McKayla Maroney, Mother to Present Statements in Larry Nassar Abuse Case

Published by Bleacher Report on Wed, 06 Dec 2017


Former United States Olympic gymnastMcKayla Maroney and her mother, ErinMaroney, will present written statements in the case of former Team USA doctorLarry Nassar, who has been accused of sexually assaulting numerous female gymnasts, per John Barr of ESPN.com."This experience has shattered McKayla," Erin Maroney wrote in a letter. "She has transformed from a bubbly, positive, loving, world class athlete into a young adult who was deeply depressed, at times suicidal. At times, I was unsure whether I would open her bedroom door and find her dead."McKayla Maroney has accused Nassar of abusing her while purporting to give her medical treatment."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 in her letter to the court. "Because the national team training camps did not allow parents to be present, my mom and dad were unable to observe what Nassar was doing."Her mother detailed one of the incidents, as described to her, in her letter:"I ... learned a few weeks ago from my daughter that at the world championships in Tokyo, [Nassar] drugged her, made her lay nude on a treatment table, straddled her and digitally penetrated her while rubbing his erect penis against her. She was only 15 years old. She said to me, 'Mom I thought I was going to die.'"I cannot tell you the anguish her Dad and I feel and the responsibility we feel for not being aware of this or being able to stop it."Nassar, meanwhile, has pleaded guilty to "10 counts of criminal sexual conduct,including multiple counts involving the abuse of patients 13-years old or younger" and also pleaded guilty to downloading images and videos of child pornography, per Barr. The child pornography charges include a minimum 27-year prison sentence, though prosecutors are pushing for 60 years.According to Barr, Team USA policies prohibit adults to be alone with children, but Maroney and several other gymnastsincluding her former teammates,Aly RaismanandGabby Douglashave accused Nassar of abuse.Maroney and her mother have said USA Gymnastics, Michigan State Universitywhere Nassar was employed on a full-time basisand the U.S. Olympic Committee all failed her and other gymnasts."A simple fact is this. If Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee had paid attention to any of the red flags in Larry Nassar's behavior, I never would have met him, I never would have been 'treated' by him and I never would have been abused by him," she wrote.
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