GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney was among those who attended Larry Nassar’s federal sentencing in Grand Rapids Thursday.
She’s now joining the call for an independent investigation into the leadership of Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee to determine how the Nassar scandal happened and continued.
Five of the more than 140 women and girls who have accused Nassar of sexually assaulting them under the guise of medical care spoke after his sentencing on child pornography charges. One of them was an MSU athlete who reported Nassar in the 1990s.
“Initially I was told, ‘No, this is not a sexual assault. This is you just not understanding this is medical treatment is by the book,'” Tiffany Thomas Lopez said. “Then I was told, ‘This is something Dr. Nassar has created to help you and the pain you’re in.’ So it was as if he was the mastermind behind this new treatment.”
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