Today in court for Larry Nassar's sentencing hearing, Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis read a statement from Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney. The now-22-year-old is one of at least 100 of Nassar's victims whose statements were read in court to the convicted child abuser.
"I did it. I got there," Maroney's statement began, per MLive. "But not without a price. ... I had a dream to go [to the] Olympics and things I had to do to get there are disgusting." She continued: "He was not a doctor. He was a child molester. He left scars on my psyche that will never go away."
Maroney, who was not present in court for the reading, also wrote "A simple fact is this: If MSU, USA Gymnastics, and the US Olympic committee had paid attention to any of the red flags in Larry Nassar's behavior, I would have never met him. I wouldn't have been abused by him," BuzzFeed reports.
The statement came days after news broke Maroney could potentially be fined $100,000 for breaking an NDA surrounding the case. USA Gymnastics released a statement this morning confirming they would not seek money from Maroney should she speak in court.
Maroney first came forward in October about how she'd been repeatedly sexually abused by Nassar over the course of several years. She was 13 when the abuse began (in her statement today, she explained "[the abuse] didn't end until I left the sport.") Since coming forward, Maroney's former teammates Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, and Gabby Douglas have all spoken out detailing similar instances of assault by Nassar.
At the conclusion of tomorrow's fourth day of victims' statements, Nasser faces a lifetime prison sentence.
