Gymnast McKayla Maroney Reveals She Was Left 'Alone, Naked' & 'Bawling' As Convicted Sexual Abuser Larry Nassar Laid On Top Of Her
Aug. 2 2021, Published 2:01 p.m. ET
Gymnast McKayla Maroney is opening up about the trauma she faced at the hands of ex-sports physician-turned-convicted-pedophile Larry Nassar, recalling the time she was left "all alone and naked" with him as he laid on top of her.
Maroney is telling her story in an effort to hold Team USA and USA Gymnastics accountable over the matter.
The 25-year-old didn't hold back over the weekend, unleashing on both organizations and revealing the horrific details about Nassar's abuse during the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo -- including how she bawled for nearly an hour while he laid on her naked body.
"So, @USAGym and USOC aka @TeamUSA, when I was under 'your care' in Tokyo [at the 2011 World Championships] at 15, and my parents weren't allowed to stay in my hotel or see me in person... When I was all alone, naked, with Larry Nassar on top of me for 50min [bawling]. Who's fault is that?" she wrote on Twitter.
"I then told my teammates what happened the next day after practice with John Geddart in the car, and got yelled yet," the gymnast wrote.
"I was told to 'Shut the [expletive] up, and don’t ever say anything like that about Larry Nassar again' by an older teammate I looked up to