FULL TRANSCRIPT: Gymnast McKayla Maroney testified to Congress about the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar case. Maroney, a 2012 Olympic medalist, has said Nassar repeatedly abused her.
As most of you are probably aware, I was molested by the U.S. Gymnastics national team and Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar. In actuality he turned out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor.What I'm trying to bring to your attention today is something incredibly disturbing and illegal.
They told me to start from the beginning. I told them about the sport of gymnastics, how you make the national team and how I came to meet Larry Nassar when I was 13 at a Texas camp. I told them that the first thing Larry Nassar ever said to me was to change into shorts with no underwear because that would make it easier for him to work on me, and within minutes, he had his fingers in my vagina.I said,"No, he never did."They asked if this treatment ever helped me.
I then proceeded to tell them about London and how he'd sign me up last on his sheet so he could molest me for hours twice a day. I told them how he molested me right before I won my team gold medal, how he gave me presents, bought me caramel macchiatos and bread when I was hungry. I even sent them screenshots of Nassar's last text to me, which was,"McKayla, I love how you see the world with rose-colored glasses. I hope you continue to do so.
Let's be honest: by not taking immediate action from my report, they allowed a child molester to go free for more than a year, and this inaction directly allowed Nassar's abuse to continue. Yet no recourse has been taken against them -- the Department of Justice refused to prosecute these individuals. Why? Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco couldn't even bring herself to be here today, and it is the Department of Justice's job to hold them accountable.U.S Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney testifies during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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