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Jordyn Wieber, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, makes statement of sexual abuse against Larry Nassar

LANSING — Jordyn Wieber, a DeWitt native and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is in court today to make a victim impact statement about Larry Nassar.

"I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do. But the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar." she said.

It is the first time she has spoken publicly about Nassar since the sex abuse scandal became public in 2016.

Wieber is the fourth member of the Fierce Five — the nickname given to the 2012 U.