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McKayla Maroney eviscerates Team USA over years-long abuse: Gymnast reveals she was left alone, naked and crying at 15 with Larry Nassar 'lying on top of her' - and had to compete at Olympics with broken foot AND concussion because he LIED about injuries
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | August 2, 2021 | Christopher Eberhart and Charlie Lankston

Posted on 08/02/2021 9:02:47 AM PDT by Cecily

ymnast McKayla Maroney has unleashed on Team USA and USA Gymnastics over the abuse she suffered at the hands of pedophile doctor Larry Nassar, recalling how at age 15, she was left 'alone, naked' while he 'lay on top of her' as she sobbed for 50 minutes.

The 2012 Olympic gold and silver medalist lifted the lid on the horrors she endured while competing for the national team, claiming that she was 'banned' from seeing or speaking to her parents while traveling with her Team USA coaches, whose 'care' she was left in while she was being sexually abused by Nassar.

Speaking out in the wake of this year's vault final, the gymnast, now 25, also recalled how she was forced to compete in the London Games in 2012 with a broken foot, a concussion, and a busted nose after Nassar lied to coaches about the extent of her injuries.

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Whew, burning down the house.
1 posted on 08/02/2021 9:02:47 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

she sobbed for 50 minutes.


sounds better than “about an hour” I guess.


2 posted on 08/02/2021 9:04:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Cecily

Big time “amateur” sports seem to be filled with parasites.


3 posted on 08/02/2021 9:04:34 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: Cecily

And her parents were where?


4 posted on 08/02/2021 9:05:14 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Cecily

The gymnasts this round like Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey seem to have come of age in a far healthier and safer environment. Jade’s coach is her own dad in fact.


5 posted on 08/02/2021 9:07:17 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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USA Gymnastics banned athletes' parents from spending time with them during competition

Sounds like more than Larry Nassar belong in prison.

6 posted on 08/02/2021 9:08:38 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Cecily

and the FBI knew but did nothing about it.


7 posted on 08/02/2021 9:09:43 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Cecily

9 posted on 08/02/2021 9:11:35 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Cecily
McKayla Maroney

10 posted on 08/02/2021 9:11:51 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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and the FBI knew but did nothing about it.

Exactly.

11 posted on 08/02/2021 9:12:16 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: ConservativeMind

I’m pretty sure he meant Larry and other coaches.

She’s messed up now, posting slutty pics online.
I’m sure it’s related to her abuse...very sad.


12 posted on 08/02/2021 9:12:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Cecily

Beyond the terrible Nasser stuff she endured, I can still somewhat appreciate where she’s coming from. She’s exasperated, now realizing, “wait, you can just say you don’t feel well enough?”


13 posted on 08/02/2021 9:12:48 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: al baby

Two haircuts for that dress...


14 posted on 08/02/2021 9:13:29 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: stinkerpot65

Exactly, I’ll never understand why guys like this are allowed to continue what they’re doing when people know about it. What was so special about his evil dweeb. How hard is it to fire someone?


15 posted on 08/02/2021 9:13:36 AM PDT by happilymarriedmom
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To: Cecily

Team USA should probably spend less time appeasing the Woke Left and more time cracking down on the pedophiles in their midst. Sounds like women’s gymnastics has been a horror show for years.


16 posted on 08/02/2021 9:13:41 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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wish they would abolish the sport all together...tired of hearing about this garbage.


17 posted on 08/02/2021 9:13:48 AM PDT by basalt
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To: EEGator

I’ve seen that behavior from all sorts of previously “good girls,” as they attempt to “own” their sexuality to make up for having lost it under rape situations.

It’s sad.


18 posted on 08/02/2021 9:14:12 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: PIF

Thank you McKayla!


19 posted on 08/02/2021 9:15:18 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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To: basalt

I used to enjoy watching it, but I have had no interest in it for the past few Olympics, for this very reason.


20 posted on 08/02/2021 9:15:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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