GYMNASTICS AND UNIVERSITY THAT PROVIDED NASSAR, MICHIGAN STATE.
>> JACOB MOORE JOINS ME NOW IN
HIS FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW ALONG
WITH HIS ATTORNEY BEN JOHNSON.
WELCOME TO YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW ITS NERVE-RACKING. IT CAN FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, FOR
ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MEN.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT THIS, JACOB. >> WHEN ALL THIS KIND OF STARTED
COMING OUT, I DIDNT REALLY
THINK ABOUT MYSELF AS ANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.S ANY
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW. JUST LIKE HOW THE OTHER FEMALE
VICTIMS KIND OF CAME OUT AND
TOLD THEIR STORY.
IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, I DIDNT SEE
MYSELF AS ANY DIFFERENT.
>> WHEN DID IT OCCUR TO YOU THAT
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WAS ABUSE?
>> I WAS OUT TO LUNCH WITH MY
SISTER AND MY BROTHER.
WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED COMING
OUT, I KIND OF REMEMBERED THAT
UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING I HAD
DURING ONE OF MY TREATMENTS, AND
I STARTED RESEARCHING, YOU KNOW,
CHI LINES.
CHI LINES. >> LIKE IS THERE A CONNECTION
BETWEEN WHAT HE WAS DOING TO YOU
WITH ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES AND
SHOULDER INJURY.
>> I WAS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE
THERE WAS SOME SORT OF REAL MEDICAL TREATMENT INVOLVING THE
CHI LINE BETWEEN MY SHOULDER AND
GROIN AREA.
GROIN AREA. WHEN I FOUND NOTHING I WAS
SHOCKED.
SHOCKED.
>> HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN HE WAS
DOING THIS.
>> I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
>> YOUR SISTER WAS ALSO SEEING
HIM FOR TREATMENT.
>> YES.
>> HOW OLD WAS SHE?
>> WEVE SEEN HIM FOR PROBABLE
EIGHT YEARS.
>> THE THING ABOUT NASSAR, EVERY ONE OF THE VICTIMS TALKED ABOUTY
ONE OF THE VICTIMS TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS COMPLETELY TRUSTED.
IT WAS ENCOURAGED AND SICKED ON
THE VICTIMS.
THE VICTIMS. WAS THAT THE DYNAMIC FOR YOU,
TOO.
TOO.
>> HE HAD A STRONG, PREVALENT RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OFENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF COACHES IN MY GYM AND ATHLETES,
MYSELF INCLUDED.
MYSELF INCLUDED. HE WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH MY MOM.
WHEN MY SISTER RETIRED FROM THE
SPORT, HE WAS THE ONLY MAN THAT
SHE CALLED TO MAKE THAT
DECISION, SO HE WAS A VERY -- HE
WAS VERY PRESENT IN OUR LIVES.
>> HE WAS CLEVER.
HE WAS CLEVER.
THEY CALL IT GROOMING WHEN THESE
PREDATORS GO AFTER YOUNG KIDS
AND SORT OF MAKE THE CHILDREN
FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM IN A WAY.
TRUST THEM AND SEE THEM AS A
NURTURER.
NURTURER. NOW YOUVE DECIDED TO SUE HIM.
HES IN JAIL.
HES GOING TO BE IN JAIL FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE.
WHATS THE THINKING BEHIND THAT.
>> I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THIS. TO COME OUT AND DO THE RIGHTS.
TO COME OUT AND DO THE RIGHT THING IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> SHORT OF HOLDING HIM
ACCOUNTABLE, CAN YOU EXPAND YOU
WHAT JUST SAID?
I BET YOU ANYTHING, I KNOW AS
SURE AS WERE SITTING HERE THERE
ARE OTHER YOUNG CHILDREN OUT
THERE BEING VICTIMIZED RIGHT NOW, THAT FEELING YOU JUST SAID
OF I KNEW SOMETHING FELT
UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNCOMFORTABLE. >> SO IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
BEING KIND OF IN THE ROOM WITH
HIM DURING THAT TIME.
EVEN THOUGH THINGS FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU NEVER REALLY
KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS BLATANTLY
WRONG.
WRONG.
>> HES A DOCTOR.
>> HES A CHILD.
>> HES A DOCTOR AND YOURE A CHILD. A DOCTOR AND YOURE A
CHILD.
WE SEE THIS PATTERN OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WHERE THESE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY TAKELE IN
POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A YOUNG CHILDS
TRUST.
TRUST.
>> THEY MANIPULATE. THATS SOMETHING WE DONT ALL
UNDERSTAND, THESE SEX ABUSERS,
PEDOPHILES, THEY INFILTRATE THE
FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, THE
COACHING.
COACHING.
THEY ARE LITERALLY EVERYTHING TO
EVERYBODY.
THEY WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO
FEED THEIR SICKNESS.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE ARE OTHER MALE VICTIMS?NK THERE ARE OTHER
MALE VICTIMS? >> I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE
VICTIMS, FEMALE AND PERHAPS MALE
S WE KNOW STATISTICALLY, MEGYN,
I KNOW YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF TEN,
TWO OUT OF TEN OF THE FOLKS COME
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
WE HAVE 250 SOMETHING STRONG, AND I COMMEND ALL OF THERONG,
AND I COMMEND ALL OF THE SURVIVORS LIKE JACOB, MALE AND
FEMALE, FOR COMING FORWARD AND
STANDING UP AND DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
THING.
WE KNOW THERES MORE STATISTICALLY. MORE
STATISTICALLY.
MULTIPLY THAT OUT AND ITS GOT
TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS.
>> JUST YOU BEING HERE WILL HOPEFULLY RELEASE OTHER MEN FROM
SHAME THEY ARE FEELING, BECAUSE
AS YOU KNOW VICTIMS BLAME
THEMSELVES, SITTING IN THIS