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Simone Biles' emotional testimony about Nassar abuse

Date Shared: August 1st, 2024
Date Released: September 15th, 2021


Simone Biles Rising | Official Trailer | Netflix

Date Shared: August 1st, 2024
Date Released: June 19th, 2024


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Rachael Denhollander

Rachael is an author, speaker, and advocate for survivors of abuse. Rachael Joy Denhollander (née Moxon; born December 8, 1984) is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, of sexual assault.  Denhollander is 2018 Glamour Woman of the Year and was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.  She is the recipient...

Simone Biles

Simone Arianne Biles Owens (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. With eight Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in history and is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. With eight Olympic medals, she is the seventh-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S.

Simone Biles Rising

Simone Biles, the gymnastics superstar, withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to mental health concerns; after a hiatus, she embarked on a journey to rebuild her skills and mental fortitude, preparing for her triumphant return.

Jeanette Antolin

Jeanette Antolin (born October 5, 1981) is an American former artistic gymnast who was a member of the U.S. national team from 1995 to 2000. In 1999, she competed at the Pan American Games, where she helped the U.S. win a team silver medal, and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She then joined the UCLA Bruins. She filed a lawsuit in 2017 alleging that, during her gymnastics career, she had been sexually...

Jamie Annette Dantzscher

Jamie Annette Dantzscher (born May 2, 1982) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.   On March 29, 2017, Dantzscher was one of several former gymnasts who testified before Congress about the sexual abuse committed by USA Gymnastics' national team doctor, Larry Nassar.  She indicated she had been abused "all over the...

McKayla Rose  Maroney

McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is an American retired artistic gymnast. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event. Maroney was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she won gold medals in the team and...

Aly Rose Raisman

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions. In November 2017, Raisman came forward as one of the many victims sexually abused by the former Olympic team physician, Larry Nassar, starting from the age of 15.  On January...

Maggie Mary Nichols

Margaret Mary Nichols (born September 12, 1997) is an American former collegiate artistic gymnast. She was the ninth NCAA gymnast to complete a Gym Slam, the first to do so for Oklahoma, and the first NCAA gymnast to have achieved it twice. In January 2018, Nichols came forward as one of the many victims sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, starting when she was 15. Additionally Nichols...

Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, self-dubbed the "Fierce Five", at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she...

Dominique Helena Moceanu

Dominique Helena Moceanu(/moʊˈtʃiːɑːnuː/, moh-CHEE-ah-noo; Romanian: [moˈtʃe̯anu]; born September 30, 1981) is a retired American gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States women's gymnastics team, the "Magnificent Seven", at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In her memoir Off Balance, Moceanu revealed that she discovered she has a younger sister, Jennifer Bricker, who was born without legs and was given up for adoption at the hospital at birth. Bricker...

Jessica Howard

Jessica Howard (born 1984) is a retired rhythmic gymnast. Howard is a USA Hall of Fame gymnast, three-time National Champion and international medalist. During her career she was sexually abused during the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.  In February 2017, three former gymnasts, Jamie Dantzscher, Jeanette Antolin and Jessica Howard, gave an interview with 60 Minutes in which they accused Larry Nassar of sexually abusing them. The gymnasts also alleged that the "emotionally...