'The Scars...Continue to Live With All of Us': Simone Biles and Fellow US Gymnasts Give Congressional Testimony on FBI Mishandling of Nassar Case - The New York Beacon

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'The Scars...Continue to Live With All of Us': Simone Biles and Fellow US Gymnasts Give Congressional Testimony on FBI Mishandling of Nassar Case - The New York Beacon

Disgraced former U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is currently serving up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse and assaults upon hundreds of girls and women placed in his care. But as Simone Biles told Congress: “The scars of this horrific abuse continue to […]

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