Former elite gymnast Maggie Nichols speaks out about Larry Nassar’s abuse

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  This is in conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm David Green filling in for Shamita Basu.

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  Today, a former elite gymnast abused by Larry Nassar speaks out.

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  Chair Durbing, Ranking Member Grassley, and distinguished members of the Judiciary Committee,

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  thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.

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  On September 15, 2021,

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  a young woman who had first been known in court filings

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  as Athlete A told her story to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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  She was one of more than 300 survivors of sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

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  I want everyone to know that this did not happen to gymnast two or to Athlete A.

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  It happened to me.

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  Maggie Nichols.

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  Maggie Nichols was the first athlete on the national team to report Larry Nassar's sexual abuse

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  to USA Gymnastics in June of 2015.

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  That day before the Senate, Maggie,

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  along with three of her former teammates, Simone Biles, Ali Raisman,

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  and Michaela Maroney,

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  told lawmakers about the horrors they suffered

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  and about the FBI's failures in investigating Larry Nassar.

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  We now know there was no real FBI investigation occurring.

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