Three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman says she was abused by USA Gymnastics doctor

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Source: USA Today

A second member of the Fierce Five squad that won gold at the London Olympics has said she, too, was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics’ longtime team physician.

Aly Raisman confirmed the abuse in an interview with 60 Minutes, which is to air Sunday night. The three-time gold medalist and captain of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams also describes it in her book, Fierce, being released next week.

“I am angry. I'm really upset,” Raisman told 60 Minutes. “I see these young girls that come up to me, and they ask for pictures or autographs, whatever it is … I just want to create change so that they never, ever have to go through this.”

Raisman’s revelation comes a month after fellow Fierce Fiver McKayla Maroney came forward to say she was abused by Larry Nassar for several years, beginning when she was 13. A third Olympian, Sydney bronze medalist Jamie Dantzscher, has also said she was abused by Nassar.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2017/11/10/three-time-olympic-gold-medalist-aly-raisman-says-she-abused-usa-gymnastics-doctor/851252001/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. The Indianapolis Star has been on top of this.

They're a Gannett paper.

Try http://www.indystar.com

[ProfessorGAC]

2. The Tide Will Not Stop Coming In!

What happened to simply keeping one's hands to one's self?

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Dave Zirin (The Nation, Edge of Sports) has a great podcast. . .

. . .with 3-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer and attorney, Nancy Hogshead Makar on this issue.

Link to tweet

He also has an essay re WNBA superstar Breanna Stewart:
http://www.edgeofsports.com/2017-11-01-1303/index.html

and yet another essay on this matter:
http://www.edgeofsports.com/2017-11-06-1305/index.html

[Submariner]

4. I sometimes feel that women should be allowed to carry a handgun

24/7, so that when she is assaulted she can whip it out, shoot the guy in the dick to put the predator into a deep state of pain, and then when he begs her to get help, put one in his skull as he stares at her in total fear for his life.

Unfortunately, the white male establishment is not going to let that happen (to themselves), and the woman, not being an everyday killer, would be psychologically stressed after the ordeal.

I can't think of another way to stop this crap.

I wonder if the actor Rose McGowan wishes she had a gun so she could have plugged Weinstein when he raped her.

[forgotmylogin]

5. How about just a big-ol safety pin?

Open it in your pocket and then give the guy a new piercing on his Johnson or scrotum. If he happens to be erect, just go through the tip of the glans where the flesh is still soft.

Then make your escape while he screams and tries to figure out what happened.

This has the added advantage of being non-lethal, disabling, and providing medical evidence that his pants were down and no way to claim he wasn't exposing himself.