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Aly Raisman says she faced criticism for posing nude in 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue

Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman said she has been labeled hypocritical for posing nude in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition because she is a sexual-abuse survivor.

“I actually had somebody say something to me a couple months ago saying, ‘I don’t understand how you can complain that you were molested because you participated in Sports Illustrated's (Swimsuit magazine)’” Raisman told People in a story published Thursday.

Raisman testified alongside more than 100 women last month about the sexual abuse she experienced by former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on seven sexual assault charges in Ingham County, Mich.