Days after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) called for the Justice Department to investigate the U.S. Olympic Committee over disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, two more senators moved to establish a special committee to determine whether officials could have done more to stop years of sexual abuse. Survivors, including Raisman, have said USA Gymnastics did not take action when they came forward with accusations of abuse. “Neither USA Gymnastics nor the USOC have reached out to express sympathy or even offer support,” Raisman said during her testimony at Nassar’s sentencing last month. Why has the United States Olympic Committee been silent? In addition to his prior sentencing last month, Nassar was sentenced Monday to 40-125 years imprisonment on three additional counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 02:26 UTC