SassyIrishLass
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In this case Nassar isn't guilty, he's incredibly guilty, there is no doubt, that disappeared after the first hundred victims testified against him.
And all these "victims" have no evidence and all of them stand to collect millions for their accusations. THINK
All of these victims reported this creep to coaches, teachers, parents and US Gymnastics officials, and their concerns and complaints were dismissed as false or unfounded. They SHOULD be paid millions.
The first athlete reported this asshole less than a year after he was hired by Michigan State in 1995. Nothing was done. Imagine if people had believed her. None of this would have happened.
Your damn right these women will get millions. #timesup
The lingering question I have is out of all these victims, hundreds...where were the parents?
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind if it happened to one of ours they would tell us. Since they were very young it's been drilled into them if someone touches you tell us. That NOBODY has the right to invade their personal space.
Some of the parents complained and they were told this was a highly respected sports doctor who was selected as the US Olympic Team Doctor. The girls were young and many had never worked with massage therapists or sports doctors before so it was easy to sell the idea that they were misinterpreting what he was doing.
Despite all of the complaints over the years, US Gymnastics installed this perv at their Olympic Training Centre at the Karoli Ranch and funnelled victims to this creep.
Last but not least, there are parents who will simply say if that what it takes to get an Olympic Gold medal, she can deal with it.
There was a US Figure Skating coach accused of sex abuse by one young student. Some of the parents stood by the coach and suggested she seduced the coach to keep him from dumping her. A couple of years later, two of those parents filed suit against the coach for sexually abusing their daughters. This happens far too often.
There is certainly a win at any cost attitude within the sport but it's still very difficult for me to believe these girls were not telling their parents or somebody.
Years ago it was a huge problem in what was then the Soviet Union. I'm not sure if it still is or not.
Hopefully rules, procedure and how things are done will change