>>FORMER OLYMPIC DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE
MIDDLE OF SENTENCING HEARINGS IN REGARD TO THE COUNTLESS CASES OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF AND FOUND GUILTY OF.
LARRY NASSAR, IF YOU CAN RECALL, HAD MOLESTED OLYMPIC GYMNASTS,
MANY OF WHOM WERE GIRLS, UNDERAGE GIRLS, AND DURING THESE
HEARINGS FORMER OLYMPIANS ARE COMING AND TESTIFYING ABOUT WHAT
THEY EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF HIS PREDATORY BEHAVIOR.
AND ALY
RAISMAN, HONESTLY, WAS ONE OF THE MORE -- EVERY ONE OF THEM
WAS COURAGEOUS IN WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, BUT ALY RAISMAN, HER
WORDS WERE SO POWERFUL AND SO STRONG AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE
IT WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND IT WASN'T JUST DIRECTED AT LARRY
NASSAR, HER CRITICISM WAS ALSO DIRECTED AT THE USA OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE AND USA GYMNASTICS FOR PUTTING HIM ON A PEDESTAL AND IN
A POSITION WHERE HE COULD CREATE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES
THAT EVENTUALLY ENDED UP HURTING THESE GIRLS INSTEAD OF HELPING
THEM.
NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S HEAR FROM ALY RAISMAN AS
SHE CONFRONTS LARRY NASSAR IN THE COURTROOM.
>>I'M HERE TO FACE YOU, LARRY, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT I REGAINED
MY STRENGTH, I'M NO LONGER A VICTIM, I'M A SURVIVOR.
I AM NO
LONGER THAT LITTLE GIRL YOU MET IN AUSTRALIA, WHERE YOU FIRST
BEGIN GROOMING AND MANIPULATING.
AS PER YOUR LETTER YESTERDAY,
YOU ARE PATHETIC TO THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD HAVE ANY SYMPATHY
FOR YOU.
YOU THINK THIS IS HARD FOR YOU?
IMAGINE HOW ALL OF US
FEEL.
IMAGINE HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN INNOCENT TEENAGER IN A
FOREIGN COUNTRY, HEARING A KNOCK ON A DOOR AND IT'S YOU.
I DON'T
WANT YOU TO BE THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
TREATMENTS
WITH YOU WERE MANDATORY.
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
YOU EVEN
TOLD ON US IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TREATED BY YOU, KNOWING FULL
WELL THE TROUBLES THAT WOULD CAUSE FOR US.
LYING ON MY
STOMACH WITH YOU ON MY BED, INSISTING THAT YOUR
INAPPROPRIATE TOUCH HELP TO HEAL A PAIN.
THE REALITY IS YOU
CAUSED ME A GREAT DEAL OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL
PAIN.
YOU NEVER HEALED ME, YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OUR PASSIONS
AND OUR DREAMS.
YOU MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE AND I THOUGHT YOU
WERE WEIRD, BUT I FELT GUILTY BECAUSE YOU WERE A DOCTOR SO I
ASSUMED I WAS THE PROBLEM FOR THINKING BADLY OF YOU.
I WOULDN'T ALLOW MYSELF TO THINK THE PROBLEM WAS YOU.
FROM THE TIME WE ARE LITTLE WE ARE TAUGHT TO TRUST DOCTORS.
YOU ARE SO SICK I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND HOW ANGRY I AM
WHEN I THING OF YOU.
>>HE HAS ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON ON FEDERAL
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES, AND IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
STATEMENT YOU JUST HEARD SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THIS
IS HARD FOR YOU?
SHE WAS RESPONDING TO LARRY NASSAR
SAYING HE COULDN'T HANDLE THESE TESTIMONIES ANYMORE, THAT IT WAS
TORTURE, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO HEAR IT ALL, WHICH IS
LAUGHABLE.
HE DESERVES EVERY ONE OF THOSE WOMEN SPEAKING THEIR
MINDS, ALSO AS OF FRIDAY MORNING, 120 WOMEN WERE
SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT NASSAR'S SENTENCING HEARING IN MICHIGAN.
>>YOU DID SAY IT WAS COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE COMING UP, BUT
I WANTED YOU TO SAY THE NUMBER. 120 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TESTIFY,
120 WOMEN, AT THE SENTENCING HEARING.
HE HAS ALREADY PLED
GUILTY TO 10 COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, AND AS YOU SAID 60 YEARS ALREADY IN PRISON.
SO
THERE ARE REAL NUMBERS HERE AND REAL PEOPLE BEHIND THESE
ALLEGATIONS, IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE GUY DOING BAD THINGS, THESE
ARE 120 LIVES HE HAS POTENTIALLY RUINED.
BUT I THINK THE REAL
QUESTION IN THIS STORY IS NOT JUST THAT ONE GUY DID BAD THINGS
BUT THAT A SYSTEM WAS BUILT THAT ALLOWED HIM NOT ONLY TO GET AWAY
WITH IT BUT TO BE PUT IN POSITIONS WHERE HE WAS GOING TO
HAVE ONGOING INFLUENCE NOT JUST OVER HIS ROLE BUT OTHER PEOPLE'S
ROLES.
USA GYMNASTICS AND THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVEN'T
EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST
ONE GUY, IT'S AN ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN BUILT TO ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN.
>>THEY ARE ASKING FOR AN EXTRA 125 YEARS, BUT THAT'S THE THING
WITH GUYS LIKE THIS, THEY HAVE NO EMPATHY.
HE THINKS WHY DO I
HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL THESE WOMEN?
I BRIEFLY WORKED IN A
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, I LOVE THE JUSTICE OF 120 WOMEN COMING UP
TO HIM AND SAYING WE AREN'T GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE, AND
YOU SHOULD GET WHAT YOU DESERVE, WHICH IS JUSTICE IN THIS CASE.
I
THINK THE STORIES ARE POWERFUL SO I WILL END ON TWO QUOTE HERE,
A 15-YEAR-OLD GYMNAST WHO WAS MOLESTED WHEN SHE WAS 12, SHE
SAID EVERY TIME SHE WENT TO PRACTICE SHE WOULD FEEL TERRIBLE
BECAUSE HE WAS THERE AND SHE WAS SO NERVOUS.
I'VE HAD TINY
INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MANIPULATIVE, ETC., I DON'T WANT
TO DEAL WITH THEM AND I GET STRESSED ABOUT IT -- NOW IMAGINE
ONE BILLION TIMES WORSE WITH SOMEONE WHO'S MOLESTING YOU WHEN
YOU WERE 12 YEARS OLD.
SHE SAID I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T BREATHE
AND I WOULD TREMBLE IN FEAR.
AND TO DO THIS TO ALL THESE
DIFFERENT YOUNG GIRLS AND TO KNOW THAT HE HAD THE POWER TO
GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM -- AND FINALLY OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST JORDYN WIEBER SAID EVEN THOUGH I'M A VICTIM I WON'T
LIVE MY LIFE AS ONE, I'M AN OLYMPIAN.
PEOPLE STANDING UP AND
TAKING CHARGE AND MAKING SURE JUSTICE IS CARRIED OUT.
AT LEAST
THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS IS THE SYSTEM WORKED IN THIS ONE
CASE, AND HE'LL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.