THE GROUP THAT CLAIM THEY WERE
ABUSED BY A TEAM DOCTOR. FIRST, HER STORY.DOCTOR.
FIRST, HER STORY. THREE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
ALY RAISMAN MAKES THE INCREDIBLE LOOK EFFORTLESS.S THE INCREDIBLE
LOOK EFFORTLESS. THE CAPTAIN OF THE GYMNASTICS
TEAM THAT WON BACK-TO-BACK GOLD MEDALS THE FIRST, WITH A GROUPD
MEDALS THE FIRST, WITH A GROUP DUBBED THE FIERCE FIVE IN 2012.
AND AGAIN, WITH THE FINAL FIVE
IN 2016.
>> WERE VERY EXCITED. IT DOESNT REALLY FEEL REAL.
>> Reporter: BUT NOW, THE
23-YEAR-OLD GYMNASTICS STAR IS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ALLEGED
SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE HAPPENEDS OF HER TEAMS DOCTOR.HE HAPPENEDS OF
HER TEAMS DOCTOR. OPENING UP IN HER NEW BOOK,
"FIERCE."
"FIERCE." ALLEGING THAT DR. LARRY NASSAR
WHO FACES 22 COUNTS OF
FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, ABUSED HER.
I WOULD LIE ON THE TABLE.
MY HANDS BALLING THEMSELVES INTO FISTS, AS HIS UNGLOVED HANDSINTO
FISTS, AS HIS UNGLOVED HANDS WORKED THEIR WAY UNDER MY
CLOTHING.
TREATMENT SESSIONS WITH HIM MADE ME FEEL TENSE AND UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN SAYS SHE
DREADED BEING WORKED ON BY
NASSAR.
BECOMING THE SECOND MEMBER OF
THE FIERCE FIVE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT NASSAR.VE TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT NASSAR. LAST MONTH, McKAYLA MARONEY
BROKE HER SILENCE AS PART OF THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT.
SAYING NASSAR BEGAN ABUSING HER
AT AGE 13.
NASSAR HAS DENIED ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST HIM AND HAS PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGES.
HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT COMMENT
BECAUSE OF A GAG ORDER IN THE
CRIMINAL TRIAL.
CRIMINAL TRIAL. USA GYMNASTICS SAY THEYRE STORY
ANY ATHLETE WAS HARMED BY
NASSAR.
NASSAR.
NOTING THE FIRST TIME THEY
BECAME AWARE A GYMNAST EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOCTOR WAS IN
2015.
2015.
AN INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED THE YOUNG WOMAN AND OTHER GYMNASTS,
INLAUDCLUDEING RAISMAN.
INLAUDCLUDEING RAISMAN. A MONTH LATER, NASSAR WAS
RELEASED OF HIS DUTIES.
USA GYMNASTICS REGRETS IF ALY
FELT ANY CONSTRAINTS IN SHARING
HER FULL EXPERIENCES WITH AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR, OR AT
ANY TIME.
ANY TIME. ALYS PASSION AND CONCERN FOR
ATHLETE SAFETY IS SHARED BY USA
GYMNASTICS.
GYMNASTICS.
OUR ATHLETES ARE OUR PRIORITY. AND ALY RAISMAN JOINS US NOW..
AND ALY RAISMAN JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU WERE DOING A VERY BRAVE
THING.
DID YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT NOT INCLUDING THAT PORTION OF YOURT
INCLUDING THAT PORTION OF YOUR LIFE IN THIS BOOK?
DID YOU THINK, MAYBE ILL JUST
PUT THAT OFF TO THE SIDE AND
DEAL WITH IT LATER?
>> FROM THE MOMENT THAT I
REALIZED THAT IT HAPPENED TO ME,
I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TALK
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
AND THEN, WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS GOING TO BE WRITING A BOOK, IWAS
GOING TO BE WRITING A BOOK, I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO INCLUDE
THE BEST MOMENTS IN MY LIFE, BUT
ALSO THE WORST MOMENTS OF MY
LIFE BECAUSE THEY BOTH MAKE US
INTO WHO WE ARE.
ALTHOUGH THE HARDEST PARTS ARE
REALLY DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN RIGHT NOW, ITS
UNCOMFORTABLE AND HARD FOR ME TO
TALK ABOUT.
TALK ABOUT.
BUT ITS MADE ME INTO A STRONGER
PERSON.
AND IF YOURE GOING TO WRITE A
BOOK, YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE
EVERYTHING, IN MY OPINION.
>> ITS VERY GRAY AND CONFUSING FOR YOU AS A YOUNG GIRL.FUSING
FOR YOU AS A YOUNG GIRL. YOU WERE JUST 15 YEARS OLD.
YOURE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
YOUR PARENTS ARENT WITH YOU.
THEY SAID THIS DOCTOR,
DR. NASSAR, WAS A GOOD GUY.
AND HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOU.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS WEIRD.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS WEIRD.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW I REALLY
DIDNT KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING TO
ME.
ME.
HE WAS A DOCTOR AND HE TOLD ME
THAT HIS TREATMENT WOULD HELP
HEAL ALL OF MY INJURIES.
I WAS SO YOUNG.
I HAD NEVER REALLY WORKED WITH
ANOTHER DOCTOR OR TRAINER
BEFORE.
AND EVERYONE SAID HE WAS THE
BEST.
HE WOULD GIVE ME THESE GIFTS.
I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS MY
FRIEND.
AND HE SEEMED LIKE HE HAD MY
BACK.
HE WAS SUCH A MASTER IN A NIP
LATER.
THATS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND.
THESE MONSTERS ARE SO GOOD AT IN
A MIPLATING YOU. YOURE BRAINWASHED TO THINK I
THOUGHT HE WAS SO NICE.
>> YOU CALL HIM A MONSTER?
YOU THINK OFTHAT OF HIM?
>> I DO.
>> I DO.
I THINK HES A MONSTER.
ITS DISTURBING WHAT HE DID TO ME AND OTHER PEOPLE.HE DID TO
ME AND OTHER PEOPLE. ITS BIGGER THAN JUST ME.
ITS SUCH A HORRIFIC THING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
AND I STAND HER WITH ALL THE
OTHER SURVIVORS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY LARRY
AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
ABUSED BY ANYONE.
ITS DISGUSTING.
ITS DISGUSTING. >> COMING FORWARD IS NOT EASY.
AND YOU SAY IN YOUR BOOK HERE,
THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MANY
REASONS NOT TO SPEAK UP.
I TICK THEM OFF IN MY MIND.
WHAT IF I WAS WRONG?
MAYBE WHAT HE DID WAS
LEGITIMATE.
LEGITIMATE.
MAYBE PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS
EXAGGERATING OR BEING DRAMATIC. MAYBE THEY WOULD THINK I WASIC.
MAYBE THEY WOULD THINK I WAS DOING IT FOR ATTENTION.
AND THEN, THERE WAS LARRYS
FAMILY TO THINK OF.
WHAT IF I RUIN THEIR LIVES?
THAT DECISION TO FINALLY SAY,
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
WHAT WAS THAT CATALYST? >> I THINK I REALIZED, YOU KNOW,
IM -- I THINK ITS TOTALLY
NORMAL TO BE AFRAID OF WHAT
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK OF
YOU.
YOU.
AND SOCIETY -- SOMETIMES IT
MAKES IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLEE
FORWARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT VICTIM-SHAME.
THAT VICTIM-SHAME. WE HAVE TO STOP THAT.
ITS AWFUL.
ITS AWFUL. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST -- I WANTED
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
I KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING.
AND I ACTUALLY GOT A LETTER 36
HOURS AFTER I SPOKE UP IN
AUGUST.
AUGUST.
I WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT SPEAKING
UP.
I SPOKE OUT AGAINST USA
GYMNASTICS.
AND I GOT A LETTER FROM A
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
AND HE SAID SHE READ MY
STATEMENTS AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
SHE HAD THE COURAGE TO TELL HER MOTHER THAT HER FATHER HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY ABUSING HER.
AND HE THREATENED HER LIFE AT
TIMES.
TIMES.
I REALIZE THAT LETTER IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN ANY MEDAL
IVE EVER WON IN MY LIFE.
SHE CHANGED MY LIFE BECAUSE SHE
MADE ME REALIZE THIS IS THE
RIGHT THING.
RIGHT THING.
AND IF I CAN HELP ONE PERSON,
YOU KNOW, THATS TOTALLY WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.S TOTALLY WHAT
ITS ALL ABOUT. >> DR. LARRY NASSAR DENIES ALL
OF IT.
OF IT. AND USA GYMNASTICS SAID WE DID
EVERYTHING WE COULD.
DO YOU THINK USA GYMNASTICS DID
EVERYTHING THEY COULD?
>> I DO NOT. AN I STILL DONT THINK THEYRE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
THEY KEEP RELEASING THE SAME,
SIMILAR STATEMENT THAT THEY
WELCOME TO WORK WITH ME.
BUT WHAT PEOPLE DONT REALIZE IS
AFTER THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
CAME TO SEE ME, IN 2015, I WAS
KIND OF -- I MADE IT CLEAR THAT
I WAS -- HE WAS TOUCHING ME,
MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT I WAS MAKING EXCUSES FOR
HIM, WHICH I REALIZE LATER IS
OFTEN WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN
THEYRE MANIPULATED.
THEYRE MANIPULATED. I KEPT REACHING OUT, SAYING I
WANTED TO MEET WITH HER AGAIN.
WHEN I HAD TIME TO PROCESS IT, I
REALIZED THIS IS REALLY BAD.
AN I WAS TOLD TO KEEP IT QUIET
THEY WERE HANDLING IT.
THEY DIDNT LET ME HELP.
I WANT TO HELP.
I WANT TO DO MORE.
THE 60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW AND THIS INTEFRRVIEW, IM NOT GOING
STOP UNTIL I GET WHAT I WANT,
WHICH IS CHANGE.
>> CONGRATS ON THIS. AND CONGRATS ON THIS BOOK.
IT IS FULL OF LIFELESSSON LESSON
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO PUSH
YOU OVER THIS, IS THE BOOK YOU
NEED TO READ.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WERE PROUD OF EVERYTHING
YOUVE DONE IN GYMNASTICS.
YOUR MOM IS HERE, CHEERING YOU
ON.
ON.
>> HER SUPPORT.
>> HOW ABOUT 2020 IN TOKYO? SHOULD WE BOOK OUR TICK EETS AND
YOULL BE THERE?
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, ONE
BAD CHAPTER IN A BOOK OR YOUR
LIFE, IT IS NOT OVER.
WE ARE ALL HAVE TO SUPPORT EACH
ORE.
ORE.
IM GOING TO BE OKAY M.
IM GOING TO BE STRONGER.
>> WHAT DO WE SAY ABOUT TOKYO? YEA OR NEH?WE SAY ABOUT TOKYO?