"The fault lies with Larry Nasser but also with the system that has allowed him to continue to perpetrate his abuses."
Champion Simone Biles does not hide her tears in front of the justice commission of the American Senate, called to shed light on the negligence of the FBI in the investigation into the former doctor of the national gymnastics team.
Biles appears in front of the senators along with his former companions Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney. The three athletes tell their story by pointing the finger at the FBI, which "turned a blind eye" to Nasser's abuse. "I don't want another young gymnast, another Olympic athlete to experience the horror that hundreds of us have felt because of Larry Nassar's abuse. The scars of what happened continue to live on with each of us," says the star. of American gymnastics, which recently at the Tokyo Olympics brought to the fore the issue of health and mental difficulties of athletes by skipping some competitions because of the 'twisties', or blackouts, and talking about his 'demons' of the head, Attonito and contrite the director of the FBI,Christopher Wray listens to the girls. Then he takes the floor: "I don't have an answer" as to why the agency failed in the case, says Wray, calling his men's actions "completely unacceptable". "They betrayed their duty, they did not protect these girls from abuse", adds the director of the FBI, recalling that the agent following the case has already been kicked out. A removal that for Biles and the other hundreds of girls is a small consolation but their battle is only at the beginning: now they have a voice and above all they have someone willing to listen and help them so that another Nasser case does not happen again.the actions of his men. "They betrayed their duty, they did not protect these girls from abuse", adds the director of the FBI, recalling that the agent following the case has already been kicked out. A removal that for Biles and the other hundreds of girls is a small consolation but their battle is only at the beginning: now they have a voice and above all they have someone willing to listen and help them so that another Nasser case does not happen again.the actions of his men. "They betrayed their duty, they did not protect these girls from abuse", adds the director of the FBI, recalling that the agent following the case has already been kicked out. A removal that for Biles and the other hundreds of girls is a small consolation but their battle is only at the beginning: now they have a voice and above all they have someone willing to listen and help them so that another Nasser case does not happen again.now they have a voice and above all they have someone willing to listen and help them so that another Nasser case does not happen again.now they have a voice and above all they have someone willing to listen and help them so that another Nasser case does not happen again.
