On Wednesday, 2012 Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney became the latest and most decorated American gymnast to speak out about being sexually abused by Larry Nassar, who served as the USA Gymnastics women’s team doctor for two decades. “It started when I was 13 years old, at one of my first National Team training camps, in Texas, and it didn’t end until I left the sport,” Maroney, now 21, wrote of Nassar on Twitter.
“Is it possible for survivors to speak out, without putting careers, and dreams in jeopardy?” Maroney asked. There is increasingly good reason to think that the answer is yes.