{"id":39382,"date":"2017-11-10T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=39382"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T17:04:26","slug":"aly-raisman-says-olympic-team-doctor-molested-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/aly-raisman-says-olympic-team-doctor-molested-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Aly Raisman says Olympic team doctor molested her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1230297\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(JTA) \u2014 Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman said that she was sexually abused by the women\u2019s gymnastics national team doctor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_39383\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39383\" class=\"wp-image-39383 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39383\" class=\"wp-image-39383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Aly-Raisman.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aly Raisman competing on the uneven bars at 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 7, 2016. (Tom Pennington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raisman, who is Jewish and is one of the most accomplished gymnasts in U.S. history, made the allegation against Dr. Larry Nassar in an interview scheduled to air Sunday on the CBS news magazine \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d as well as in her new book, \u201cFierce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is the second member of the gold medal-winning 2012 Olympic women\u2019s team to accuse Nassar of abuse, Time magazine\u2019s online edition noted in an article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5018468\/olympic-gymnast-aly-raisman-reveals-sexual-abuse-by-team-doctor-larry-nassar\/\">published\u00a0<\/a>Friday. In October, McKayla Maroney wrote on Twitter that Nassar molested her for years beginning when she was 13.<\/p>\n<p>Nassar, who worked as a volunteer doctor for USA Gymnastics, is in jail awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to child pornography charges in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Raisman, 23, was 15 when she was first treated by Nassar,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/olympics\/2017\/11\/10\/aly-raisman-sexual-abuse-larry-nassar\">according\u00a0<\/a>to Sports Illustrated. The magazine reported that details of her experience appear in her biography that will be published on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Nassar also is named in more than 100 lawsuits filed by gymnasts and athletes he treated while working with USA Gymnastics and at Michigan State University. Those suits claim he sexually abused athletes under the guise of medical treatment. Nassar resigned from USA Gymnastics in the summer of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In the CBS interview, Raisman says she spoke to FBI investigators about Nassar following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, after an investigation by the Indianapolis Star revealed that USA Gymnastics had a policy of not disclosing sexual abuse reports unless they were filed by the victims or a parent. She won three medals at the Brazil games, including gold in the team overall.<\/p>\n<p>Raisman \u2014 the nation\u2019s second most decorated female Olympic gymnast, according to Time \u2014 is pushing for change at USA Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am angry,\u201d she says in the interview. \u201cI just want to create change so [that young girls] never, ever have to go through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USA Gymnastics, in a statement to \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d said it has adopted new policies that require \u201cmandatory reporting\u201d of any potential abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSA Gymnastics is very sorry that any athlete has been harmed,\u201d it wrote, adding that \u201cwe want to work with Aly and all interested athletes to keep athletes safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Aly%20Raisman%20says%20Olympic%20team%20doctor%20molested%20her\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,25,1491,251],"tags":[384,9040,8790,8795,8788,4911],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39384,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39382\/revisions\/39384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}