told by the president of the usa gymnastics penny they are handling it it. i didn t know they would cover it up like they have. they told me they are talking to the fbi and they should reach out soon, i believed them. i can t tell you how horrifying it is to meet young girls who look up to me who watched me compete in the olympics and tell me that they went to see nassar because of me and my teammates because they wanted to see the olympic doctor. in his office he has some photos of us. they went to see him because they thought it was so cool to have the same doctor as us. that s one more thing of the hardest and most devastating parts for me. survivors suffer with guilt and shame. takes everything i have to work on not taking the blame for
0 abuse. why are public servants getting away with this? this is not justice. enough is enough. i ask you please do all that is in your power to ensure these individuals are accountable for lying about my initial report and covering up for a child mole ester. i express by gratitude to the u.s. senate that from the beginning fought for us rather than against us. thank you and i welcome any questions. thank you. miss nichols. distinguished members of the judiciary committee. thanks for inviting me to speak. i thank you for your commitment to our athlete s safety and holding accountable those responsible. i was gymnast 2 in the report. this did not happen to gymnast 2. it happened to me. i started gymnastics since i was 3 and dreamed of competing in olympic game. i was elite by the age of 13 and 14 i made the national team. traveled internationally for 14 years and in 2015 at the world championships representing our country where i won a gold medal. my olympic dreams ended in 2015 whe
cannot get it wrong again. you said their goal should be to protect their athletes. i want to read this facebook post about what she thinks is now justice, the idea that this former president of the usa gymnastics, the head of it, has been arrested. she wrote, steve penny has been detained for charges related to tampering with the larry nassar investigation. this is for every little girl who could have been saved from larry and for every coach that penny received warnings about and did nothing. may justice continue to be done. that s the feeling today, christine, of some of the athletes. that is true. and steve penny of course was the ceo for many years and the allegations are incredibly troubling. he s been arrested and the idea of evidence tampering and taking files out of the ranch where they all train before the authorities showed up. the tentacles are deep. it looks like they are getting to the people who did these terrible things and the leaders