Netflix’s new documentary “Athlete A” delves into the IndyStar investigation that uncovered the worst sexual abuse scandal in the history of sports and the Olympic movement. This is the story you didn't see.
Before I get to the background stuff, though, I want to remind you what the prosecutor said at Nassar’s sentencing and make a plea for your help and support.What finally started this reckoning and ended this decades-long cycle of abuse was investigative reporting. Without that first Indianapolis Star story in August 2016; without the story whereshortly thereafter — he would still be practicing medicine, treating athletes and abusing kids. Let that sink in for a minute.
Both Little and Cornwell urged Marisa to move quickly, though, because records in that case might soon be sealed. After learning the only way to access the documents was in person, the editors told her to fly to Georgia immediately. She left that night. Marisa was waiting at the courthouse when it opened the next morning and asked for copies of all the documents in the file. She was given hundreds of pages of records.
At the time, we had no idea USA Gymnastics was desperately trying to hide a ticking time bomb in the run-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics. With the benefit of hindsight, the organization’s combative responses make a lot more sense. They likely feared we had heard the devastating allegations top officials had received nearly a year earlier that Nassar was molesting some of the sport’s biggest stars.What we were digging into still was critical even if it wasn’t Nassar.
We started pulling together a story in early June, but knew that the court files in Georgia contained complaint files on 54 coaches. Those records had been sealed from public view by the judge and we wondered what else they might reveal. So our attorneys continued to fight for access to the records. “I was not molested by my coach, but I was molested by Dr. Larry Nassar, the team doctor for USAG. I was fifteen years old, and it was under the guise of medical treatment for my back …
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