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He worked for the USA Gymnastics and was the doctor of many young athletes who he took advantage of. For years, people were made to look the other way, and there are even reports of the company buying the silence of the ones he sexually abused.
He’s a monster, and after the #MeToo movement, many women came forward to share their horror stories. You’ll all be pleased to hear that he was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in federal prison.
These harrowing quotes are the words his victims had to say on the days of his sentencing.
“Little girls don’t stay little forever, they grow into strong women that return to destroy your world.”
“What you did to me was twisted. You manipulated me and my family. How dare you.”
“In 2009, she took her own life. She couldn’t deal with the pain anymore. Every day I miss her, every day. It all started with him.”
“I am no longer broken by you. Every day I grow a new strength and look into the mirror to see a strong, unbreakable person. Nothing will ever take away what you’ve done to me or to the others that started behind me. However, we can walk free and radiate the strength that we’ve gained from your horrific acts, something you will never be able to do.”
“I don’t like the word victim. I am a survivor, but more so I am me. Those 10 years are a part of my story. They have helped define who I am today.”
“If they would have taken action when it was first reported, they would have saved me.”
“I thought he was a famous doctor. There was no way he would do anything inappropriately in front of my mom. I was wrong.”
“Today I can say I’m finally ready to face you … Why did you do this? You were the adult, you were the doctor.”
“He molested me and he molested me with my mom in the room.”
“I am 100% confident, that if he had not been caught, he would have continued to do this for the rest of his life.”
“By publicly speaking out against Larry Nassar, I’m not just speaking out for myself. I’m speaking out for all the girls and women of the past, present, and future that have been or will be affected by sexual assault.”
“I hope being reduced to a (prison) number will define you as it defined me for so many years. I will no longer be known as a number, and I will be Dr. Danielle Moore.”
“Everybody’s story that I listened to today is just an echo of everything that I’ve went through. They’re just speaking like it’s my voice.”
“As I stand here, I still flash back to the feelings of fear, laying frozen in his office, my sweating shaking body, adrenaline pumping, painfully clutching the sides of the table, waiting for the sick treatment to be over.”
“There is no therapy, no cure for monsters like you. You are pure evil.”
