Gymnasts Blast The FBI's Mishandling Of Their Allegations About Larry Nassar

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In vivid and emotional testimony at a Senate hearing Wednesday, four elite American gymnasts testified about the abuse they had suffered by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar and their feelings of betrayal by investigators, including from the FBI which they say let them down.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles tearfully said she blames Nassar and also "an entire system that allowed his abuse," including USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

"The scars of this horrific abuse continue," Biles testified, saying that "the impact of this man's abuse will never be over."

McKayla Maroney said Nassar "turned out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor."

She recalled sitting on her bedroom floor in 2015 telling the FBI on the phone "all of my molestations in extreme detail." She said that after describing instances of abuse by Nassar, including before her winning the team gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012, "I cried, and there was just silence" on the part of the FBI agent.