United States Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut)—the chairman and ranking member of the committee responsible for the safety of NCAA, Olympic and USA Gymnastic athletes—have called on USAG and Michigan State University officials to explain their failure to protect gymnasts from convicted sexual offender Larry Nassar.
The senators released a statement Thursday, one day after Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse against young female gymnasts.