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According to Reuters reported on the 16th, Olympian and AMERICAN gymnast Simon Byers told members of Congress in tears on Wednesday how the FBI and the U.S. Gymnastics Association and Olympic Committee officials failed to stop the evil when she and hundreds of other athletes were sexually assaulted by former Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
"To be clear, I condemn Larry Nassar, and I also condemn the whole system of condoning and perpetrating his sexual assault," Byers said. At a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Byers attended and spoke with women's gymnasts McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols.
Biles also noted that the USA Gymnastics Association and the U.S. Olympic Committee did not take action during the period, while the FBI chose to "turn a blind eye."
The emotional hearing revealed how the FBI had messed up the investigation into Nassar so much that he could continue to brutalize more victims for more than a year before he was eventually arrested.
FBI Commissioner Chris Ray, on the other hand, made no excuse by saying that an agent had been fired who had tampered with details of maroni's abusive testimony provided in 2015. He said the actions of the agents who screwed up the case "went beyond the bottom line."
The FBI declined to name the sacked agent, but Senator Richard Blumenthal noted that his name was Michael Langeman.
Several gymnasts said they were angry that the FBI had failed to ask them about sexual assault immediately after receiving the report, and when the FBI finally contacted them, agents tried to downplay the seriousness of the abuse.
Lesman: "I remember sitting with FBI agents and he tried to convince me that things weren't so bad. I underwent years of psychotherapy before I realized that the abuse I had suffered was bad and important. ”
Final verdict in the sexual assault case of the former team doctor of the AMERICAN gymnastics team (Source: Visual China)
Nassar, who was once employed by Michigan State University, was found guilty in three different cases, one of which served up to 175 years.
The U.S. Olympic Committee said in a statement that it remained "fully committed" to the safety and well-being of its athletes and implemented the reforms after hiring a law firm to conduct an independent investigation.
(Editor: WDQ)