{"id":40878,"date":"2018-01-22T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=40878"},"modified":"2018-01-22T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:07:26","slug":"aly-raisman-calls-out-her-abuser-larry-nassar-in-a-powerful-speech-the-tables-have-turned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/aly-raisman-calls-out-her-abuser-larry-nassar-in-a-powerful-speech-the-tables-have-turned\/","title":{"rendered":"Aly Raisman calls out her abuser Larry Nassar in a powerful speech: \u2018The tables have turned\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1508011\" class=\"loop post-1508011 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-opinion category-sports category-the-telegraph category-united-states\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1508071\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(JTA) \u2014 If there were Olympic medals for court testimony, Aly Raisman might have just won gold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Olympian gymnast testified in court today against Larry Nassar, the former U.S.A. gymnastics national team physician who\u2019s been accused of sexual abuse by more than 140 women, including some of the star gymnasts from the past few Olympic Games. Nassar has pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault, and Raisman was delivering a victim impact statement in court (she was one of several gymnasts to do so).<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div id=\"attachment_40879\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40879\" class=\"wp-image-40879 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman.png 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-40879\" class=\"wp-image-40879 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AlyRaisman.png 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-40879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screenshot via Twitter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the searing, 13-minute speech, Raisman did not hold back from eviscerating Nassar and the organizations that enabled him. At times, she looked directly at Nassar while she condemned him and praised her teammates for coming forward.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLarry, you do realize now that we, this group of women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time, are now a force, and you are nothing,\u201d Raisman said. \u201cLarry, the tables have turned. Larry, we are here. We have our voices and we are not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raisman also called out USA gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee for turning a blind eye to the many allegations of abuse over the years. She said \u201ctalk is cheap\u201d and called for an independent investigation of Nassar\u2019s abuse and how it was allowed to continue for so long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf over these many years, just one adult listened and had the courage and character to act, this tragedy could have been avoided,\u201d she said. \u201cI and so many others would have never, ever met you, Larry. You should have been locked up a long, long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raisman said that she and her teammates would no longer be silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these brave women have power and we will use our voices to make sure you get what you deserve, a life of suffering spent replaying these words delivered by a powerful army of survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cI&nbsp;will not rest until every last trace of your influence on this sport has been destroyed like the cancer it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\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%20calls%20out%20her%20abuser%20Larry%20Nassar%20in%20a%20powerful%20speech%3A%20%E2%80%98The%20tables%20have%20turned%E2%80%99\";<\/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":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1491,251],"tags":[384,8790,8795,8788,4911,1441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40878"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40880,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40878\/revisions\/40880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}