Bailey Lorencen lashes out at Larry Nassar’s defense counsel and MSU during sentencing

I remember how afraid I was when I had to testify in Eaton County coming face to face with the defendant and his counsel for the first time I remember how absolutely stunned and confused I was to be sitting there being questioned by a grown woman about this monster molesting me as a young girl that was a ground shattering moment for me I looked back at my attorneys these incredible heroes who are honorable diligent empowering warriors in support of women who will go down in history with all these words as their Purple Hearts for saving us and fighting for the right cause but then I looked at you Shannon you're not even here today for me to look you in the eye as you so aggressively question me a young girl and wondered what possessed you to defend this man what made you waste your hard work in law school on this despicable case I watch these statements all week in the camera turn to you and the defendant multiple times I even saw the two of you smile equally inappropriate direct questions and come as a defense counsel well defense counsel has a job to do she can comment on it I think you have thick enough skin I'll let it go where should thank you you may proceed I even saw the two of you smile and you so gently place your hand on his shoulder as if consoling this monster I am so confused by your career path and I do not respect you or your choices I will choose to be a role model to my children and young women just like Angie Robin Andrea and now judge Aqua Lena have been for me and forever will be so thank you we have won this first battle but our war is not over msu knows their what they have coming you know that you enabled are accountable for ignoring complaints from the past so i gladly say goodbye Lou Anna Simon your time as president will be over and shame on you for not listening to young women I hope you spend the rest of your days thinking about your 9 to 16 year old self and how it would have felt to be a sexually assaulted and speak out about it only to be turned down I actually plan on finishing my college career at MSU and I better have a new president by the time I get there next fall to us AG I'm utterly sad and the defendant has caused the sport of gymnastics to be tied to the weight of sexual abuse and child molestation I am more disgusted that you knew of this and failed to act and you should have you have failed to keep the sport of gymnastics safe and with the name it deserves gymnastics is a great sport and there are absolutely incredible coaches out there they know who they are they will be the ones to save this sport and I have no doubt about that - John get hurt you however are not one of these great coaches there's no excuse for you not knowing what was happening in your gym except for inexcusable neglect and lack of leadership I have always told myself for everything you put me through you will have what's coming I do not believe you deserve to have your gemsto and I don't understand why anyone could still want to train there especially knowing that in that backroom dungeon hundreds of your athletes were being molested to the Olympians I thank you for coming forward being so brave knowing how much more than names your names would have been in the media I can't imagine the pressure you felt knowing how much I felt myself and I need to say this to you all that your legacy as Olympians will not go down with a Larry Nassar case you will not be remembered as the Olympians that were molested by Larry Nassar but as the gymnasts who are not only Olympians but also heroes he will not compromise your title that you worked so hard for and we will not let him into the defendant you ended up right where you always like to be number one sports medicine doctor number one gymnastics doctor in the country and now you're the world's number one child molesting pedophile that has ever been discovered

Channel: MLive

Views: 1,109,740

Keywords: Larry Nassar, USA gymnastics, MSU, Doctor, sexual assault, sexual abuse, Nassar, MSU doctor, USA gymnastics doctor, MLive, Lansing, Ingham County, Olympic medalist, olympics, olympian, auth-jbissell-auth, bailey lorencen, Michigan State University

Id: Lkp3jAoaOLE

Length: 5min 37sec (337 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 22 2018