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How a Gymnast-Turned-Lawyer Helped Bring Larry Nassar to Justice

"Rachael Denhollander was a lawyer and stay-at-home mom living in Kentucky when she contacted the Indianapolis Star in August 2016 and told the newspaper that Dr. Larry Nassar had sexually assaulted her in 2000 when she was a 15-year-old gymnast seeking treatment for back pain.

Denhollander was the first woman to go on the record to publicly accuse Nassar. The week after the newspaper interview, Denhollander filed a complaint with police in Michigan detailing abuse by Nassar at Michigan State University where he was a faculty member and treating doctor for university gymnasts."


 

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