Simone Biles Says FBI ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Sexual Abuse
- She blames a system that ‘enabled and perpetuated his abuse’
- She’s joined by other women who were abused by Larry Nassar
Simone Biles testifies during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill, on Sept. 15.
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Star Olympic gymnast Simone Biles denounced the FBI for turning “a blind eye” to the sexual abuse she and other young athletes suffered at the hands of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in emotionally powerful testimony before a Senate panel Wednesday.
“It truly feels like the FBI turned a blind eye to us and went out of its way to protect” the USA Gymnastics organization and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said Biles, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside three other women who were abused by Nassar.