THE UNIVERSITYS ADMINISTRATION AFTER SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT
SIMON.
HODA.
>> ALL RIGHT, KATE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
ALY RAISMAN IS WITH US NOW EXCLUSIVELY.IS WITH US NOW
EXCLUSIVELY. ALY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU HEARD THE SENTENCING, UP TO 175 YEARS.THE SENTENCING, UP
TO 175 YEARS. DO YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART THAT
JUSTICE WAS SERVED YESTERDAY?
>> NO. I MEAN ITS NOT SOMETHING WHERE
YOU JUST INSTANTLY FEEL BETTER.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HOLD
THESE ORGANIZATIONS ACCOUNTABLE.
USA GYMNASTICS, UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, MSU, THEYS
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, MSU, THEY NEED AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN LARRY NASSAR. BIGGER THAN LARRY
NASSAR.
WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW THIS DISASTER HAPPENED.M OF
HOW THIS DISASTER HAPPENED. IF WE DONT FIGURE OUT HOW IT
DID -- WE CANT --
>> LETS TALK ABOUT YOU.
YOU WALKED IN THAT COURTROOM AND
I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU
STANDING THERE.
IVE SEEN YOU ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST STAGES OF THE WORLD WITH
THE EYES OF THE GLOBE LOOKING AT
YOU PERFORMING.
YOU PERFORMING. ON THIS DAY YOU STOOD IN THAT
COURTROOM.
COURTROOM.
HOW DOES THAT EXPERIENCE COMPARE
TO THE PRESSURE THAT YOU FELT IN
THE OLYMPICS?
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT
THIS WITH MY MOM AND I SAID IN THAT MOMENT, I ALMOST FELT LIKE
I WAS GOING TO COMPETE BECAUSE
AT THE OLYMPICS YOU BLOCK OUT
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IN THAT MOMENT I BLOCKED OUT
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING.
I FORGOT THAT PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING ME, I FORGOT THE MEDIA WAS OVER THERE, I FORGOT THATIA
WAS OVER THERE, I FORGOT THAT LARRY WAS RIGHT THERE, AND I
JUST -- I JUST SPOKE AND I FELT
LIKE I REALLY HAD TO BE STRONG.
I FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT AFTER, I WILL BE HONEST, I
WAS SICK. I ALMOST PASSED OUT.
I HAD THE WORST HEADACHE FOR
HOURS.
HOURS.
EVEN SINCE THEN I STILL DONT FEEL GOOD NOW.N I STILL DONT
FEEL GOOD NOW. ITS VERY -- ITS HARD TO PUT
INTO WORDS, BUT IT MAKES ME
LITERALLY SICK ALL THE STRESS
AND THE TRAUMA OF EVERYTHING.
BUT FOR THAT MOMENT, I HAD TO BE
STRONG.
STRONG.
BUT IM VERY, VERY EXHAUSTED
FROM IT.
>> WAS HE -- WHAT WAS HE DOING WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING?E DOING
WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING? >> HE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ME THE
WHOLE ENTIRE TIME.
EVERY TIME I MADE EYE CONTACT
WITH HIM AND EVEN WHEN I STARED
AT HIM, HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE
THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME.
IT WAS -- IT WAS CRAZY.
I DID NOT EXPECT THAT AT ALL.
>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
SAW HIM BEFORE THAT MOMENT IN
COURT?
COURT?
>> THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS
AT TRAINING CAMP IN 2015. IVE SEEN HIM A LOT ON TV AND
ONLINE.
ONLINE.
EVERY TIME YOU SEE HIM, ITS JUST -- ITS CRAZY. HIM, ITS
JUST -- ITS CRAZY. BUT I DID LOOK AT PHOTOS OF HIM
ONLINE BEFORE I WENT IN THERE TO
MENTALLY PREPARE MYSELF.
I DIDNT KNOW HOW ID FEEL.
BUT WHEN I WALKED IN THERE BEING
WITH THIS ARMY OF SURVIVORS, AND
EVEN -- I DIDNT KNOW MOST OF
THESE GIRLS AND THESE WOMEN, BUT
I JUST FELT AN INSTANT
CONNECTION.
CONNECTION.
WE WERE HUGGING EACH OTHER.
WE JUST -- WE REALLY ARE AN ARMY
OF SURVIVORS AND THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING FOR US.
>> YOUR WORDS WERE SO POWERFUL. YOU SAY HE DESERVES A LIFE OFL.
YOU SAY HE DESERVES A LIFE OF SUFFERING SPENT REPLAYING THE
WORDS DELIVERED BY THIS POWERFUL
ARMY OF SURVIVORS.
AND WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT YOUR
WORDS, ALY, WAS THAT THEY
WERENT JUST SAID IN THAT
COURTROOM, THOSE BIG WOMENS
MARCHES, I WAS LOOKING, THERE
WERE SIGNS THEY WERE QUOTING
YOUR WORDS.
YOUR WORDS. ONE SAID I HAVE BOTH POWER AND
VOICE AND IM ONLY JUST
BEGINNING TO SEE THEM.
WE ARE A FORCE.
AND I LOVE THE ONE THAT JUST
SAID "WHAT ALY RAISMAN SAID."
WERE ALL HERE, WE HAVE OUR
VOICES, WERE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
YOU GET EMOTIONAL EVEN THINKING
ABOUT THAT.
>> I CANT EVEN PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME.RDS
HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME. I NEVER, EVER IMAGINED THIS KIND
OF SUPPORT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS.
I MEAN IT JUST -- IT IS SO
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE.
I DONT EVEN HAVE WORDS.
BUT I CANT THANK EVERYONE
ENOUGH FOR THE SUPPORT.
IT ONLY MOTIVATES ME TO DO EVEN
MORE.
>> SPEAKING OF WORDS, DR. NASSAR
HAD SOME WORDS AFTER THAT AND HE
SAID, THESE WERE HIS WORDS, NO
WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF HOW SORRY I AM.H AND
BREADTH OF HOW SORRY I AM. I AM SHAKEN TO THE CORE.
AND THEN IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT,
HE SAID TO THE JUDGE, HELL HATH
NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED.
DO YOU THINK HE EVEN GETS WHAT
HAPPENED, WHAT HES DONE?
>> NO.
>> NO. I DONT THINK HE UNDERSTANDS.
I MEAN THE FACT HE WROTE A
LETTER TO THE JUDGE A FEW DAYS
PRIOR SAYING IT WAS UNFAIR AND
HE SHOULDNT HAVE TO LISTEN TO
ALL OF US SPEAK, AND THATS WHY
IN MY STATEMENT I DID CALL HIM
OUT AND SAY HOW DARE YOU SAY
THIS IS HARD FOR YOU.
IMAGINE HOW ALL OF US FEEL.
I MEAN ITS JUST -- HE DESERVES
TO SUFFER.
TO SUFFER.
ITS DISGUSTING WHAT HAPPENED. >> USA GYMNASTICS HAS GOTTEN RID
OF SOME PEOPLE AND ANNOUNCED
SOME BIG INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
HAVE THEY DONE ENOUGH?
>> SO I RECENTLY FOUND OUT
ACCORDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE, LARRY
NASSAR DID NOT HAVE A MEDICAL
LICENSE IN TEXAS, WHICH IS WHERE
WE WENT TO THE RANCH AND
TRAINED.
TRAINED.
ITS A NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CENTER AND THE OLYMPIC TRAINING
CENTER.
CENTER.
>> HE WASNT LICENSED THERE? >> NO, ACCORDING TO MYHERE?
>> NO, ACCORDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWLEDGE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT USA
GYMNASTICS, UNITED STATES
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.
WHETHER THEY KNEW OR DIDNT
KNOW, THATS A BIG PROBLEM.
AND WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE HOW
THIS HAPPENED.
I MEAN HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE HE
DOESNT HAVE A MEDICAL LICENSE
IN TEXAS? >> WHY DO YOU THINK USA
GYMNASTICS DIDNT HEAR YOU,
DIDNT HEAR THE OTHERS?
WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION NOT TO
DO ANYTHING, DO YOU THINK?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
I THINK FOR SO LONG -- WELL,
ACTUALLY I THINK I DO HAVE AN
IDEA.
IDEA.
FOR SO LONG THEY PUT MEDALS, REPUTATION AND MONEY OVER THE
SAFETY OF ATHLETES.
EVEN NOW YOU SEE THE UNITED
STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, THEY
JUST SPOKE OUT MONDAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. THEY JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEY HAVE BEEN QUIET THIS WHOLE
TIME.
TIME.
>> SO AFTER YOU SPOKE IN THIS COURTROOM AND SINCE THEN, HAVE
YOU BEEN BEEN CONTACTED BY USA
GYMNASTICS?
GYMNASTICS?
>> NO, I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY ANYONE.AVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED
BY ANYONE. >> NO ONE REACHED OUT TO SAY
HEY, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?
>> NOTHING.
THEY SAY THEY WANT AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION RIGHT
NOW BUT ITS EASY TO SAY THAT WHEN THERES SO MUCH PRESSURE
AND EVERYONE IS WATCHING.
>> THE JUDGE SAID AND ILL END
WITH THIS, LEAVE YOUR PAIN HERE
AND GO DO MAGNIFICENT THINGS.
WHAT ARE THE MAGNIFICENT THINGS
YOURE GOING TO BE DOING?
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
NEVER, EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I ENDED MY STATEMENT
SAYING THAT I HOPE EVERYONE ONE
DAY WILL BE EDUCATED SO THAT
THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO SEE THE
WARNING SIGNS OF A PREDATOR SO
THEYLL NEVER, EVER HAVE TO SEE
A PREDATOR.
A PREDATOR. IM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING
SURE ABUSE NEVER HAPPENS.