Ex-Gymnasts Tell Megyn Kelly That Coach Ignored Reports Of Larry Nassar’s Abuse | Megyn Kelly TODAY

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>>> NO MATTER WHAT LARRY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TREATING ON ME OVER THE YEARS, USUALLY MY ANKLES OR MY KNEES, HIS FINGERS ALWAYS SEEMED TO FIND THEIR WAY INSIDE OF ME. YOUR KINDNESS WAS SIMPLY A PLOY TO MOLEST ME EVERY CHANCE YOU GOT. >> WE'RE SPEAKING WITH THREE OF THE 156 WOMEN WHO CAME FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES OF ABUSE BY SOMEONE WHO THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD TRUST. TEAM USA JIM GYMNASTICS DOCTOR, LARRY NASSAR. MATTY, YOUR REACTION TO NASSAR IN COURT AND HIS OWN VICTIM ROUTINE OF, WELL, IT WAS ALL MEDICAL AND HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED, WHEN YOU WATCHED THAT AND HEARD THAT, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? >> I WAS ANGRY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT SURPRISED WHATSOEVER. HE -- AT THE COURTHOUSE, HE WAS STILL TRYING TO MANIPULATE US LIKE WE WERE STILL HIS VICTIMS. TURNING AROUND AND LOOKING AT US AND SAYING HIS FAKE APOLOGY. AND YOU COULD JUST SEE, HE HAS NO REMORSE FOR WHAT HE DID. HE'S JUST -- >> HE'S SORRY FOR HIMSELF. >> HE'S A SAD, SAD, SAD HUMAN BEING. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ENABLERS. THERE'S A LONG LIST FROM USA GYMNASTICS TO MSU AND BEYOND. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS WOMAN, KATHY KLAGIS. >> SHE WAS THE HEAD GYMNASTICS COACH AT MSU. SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST ONE TO RECEIVE THE FIRST KNOWN REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. THERE WAS A GYMNAST WHO SPOKE UP WHO WAS 16 YEARS OLD. SHE CAME AND TOLD HER IN GRAPHIC DETAIL. SHE SAID HE WAS FINGERING HER LIKE A BOYFRIEND. HER RESPONSE WAS THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN. THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO PARADE IN ALL THE REST OF HER TEAMMATES IN FRONT OF HER TO HUMILIATE HER AND ASK IF ANYONE ELSE FELT THE SAME WAY. A 14-YEAR-OLD SPOKE UP WHO HAS TESTIFIED IN COURT BUT CHOSEN TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND SHE CONFIRMED LARISSA'S ACCOUNT AND SAID HE'S DOING THE SAME THING TO ME AND SHE REFUSED TO BELIEVE THEM. SHE SENT ALL OF THE GYMNASTS OUT OF THE ROOM EXCEPT LARISSA, PICKED UP A REPORT FORM AND SAID I COULD SIGN THIS, BUT THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU AND LARRY IF YOU FILE THIS. AND SO LARISSA BACKED DOWN. KATHY THEN CALLED LARRY TO TELL HIM WHAT LARISSA HAD SAID AND SENT LARISSA BACK FOR CONTINUED TREATMENT. SHE CONTINUED TO BE SUBJECTED TO MORE SEXUAL ABUSE. ALMOST EVERY KNOWN VICTIM OF LARRY NASSAR CAME AFTER THAT REPORT IN 1997. BUT THE COLLEGE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF ABUSE IN THREE DIFFERENT ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS DURING 1998, '99 AND 2000. THERE ARE ALSO AT LEAST THREE PSYCHIATRISTS THAT RECEIVED REPORTS OF ABUSE, ONE OF THEM BEING KYLE STEPHENS' REPORT AND REPORTS FROM TWO OTHER ROWERS. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM REPORTED, NOT ONE. >> NOT ONE REPORTED THE CRIME, THE ALLEGED CRIME AT THAT POINT. >> NOT ONE. >> WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY -- LET'S START WITH MSU. NOW THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IS STEPPING DOWN WITH A STATEMENT THAT DOESN'T TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. SHE BASICALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, IN ANY SORT OF SITUATION LIKE THIS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HOLD SOMEBODY LIKE ME ACCOUNTABLE, SO OH WELL. HERE'S THE STATEMENT. THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE VICTIMS OF LARRY NASSAR, FOR THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND FOR ME PERSONALLY. TO THE SURVIVORS I CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH AND I AM SO SORRY THAT A TRUSTED, RENOWNED PHYSICIAN -- HERE IT IS. AS TRAGEDIES ARE POLITICIZED, BLAME IS INEVITABLE. AS PRESIDENT IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT I AM THE FOCUS OF THIS ANGER. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY TO YOU? >> NOT AT ALL. >> BUT AS APPALLING AS THAT STATEMENT IS, THE BOARD OF TRUST TRUSTEES HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. THE VICE CHAIR CAME OUT SHORTLY AFTER I CAME FORWARD AND CALLED US AMBULANCE CHASERS WHO WERE LOOKING FOR A PAYDAY. HE RECENTLY SAID NO LEADERSHIP AT MSU SHOULD HAVE TO RESIGN BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE TOO MUCH COLLATERAL DAMAGE. >> WHO SAID THAT? >> VICE CHAIR FERGUSON ON THE MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HE THEN SAID WE NEED TO REMEMBER THERE'S MORE GOING ON THAN JUST THIS NASSAR THING AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FULL SCOPE OF MSU BECAUSE SIMON DID A REALLY GOOD JOB RAISING FUNDS FOR THEIR BASKETBALL STADIUM. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO KATHY KLAJES. >> SHE WAS ALLOWED TO RETIRE WITH FULL PENSION AND MSU HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WAY THAT SHE HANDLED THAT REPORT OF ABUSE WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND THAT THERE WERE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE OF IT. >> AND THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION OF USA GYMNASTICS. USA GYMNASTICS, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION TO WHICH SO MANY PARENTS ENTRUSTED THEIR EXTREMELY TALENTED, HOPEFUL, ASPIRATIONAL YOUNG GIRLS, THINKING THAT THEY WOULD BE WELL LOOKED AFTER. I WANT TO GET TO THEM, BUT HAVE THEY CONTACTED ANY OF YOU? >> THEY HAVE NOT. >> NO. >> NO. >> NOT AFTER YOU CAME FORWARD WITH YOUR STORY, YOUR TESTIMONIALS? >> NO. IN FACT THE ENTIRE REASON THIS STORY CAME OUT IS BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ATHLETES WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON THE FAILURE TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE IN GENERAL WITHIN USAG. THEY HAD A POLICY OF NOT REPORTING ABUSE. THEY HAD BURIED THE FILES ON 54 MEMBER COACHES IN A TEN-YEAR PERIOD ALLOWING THESE COACHES TO HOP FROM GYM TO GYM. DIRECTOR PENNY DEFENDED THIS POLICY UNDER OATH SAYING THEY HAD TO HAVE THIS POLICY TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, AVOID A WITCH HUNT. NONE OF THOSE GYMNASTS THAT WERE ABUSED BY COACHES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO HOP FROM GYM TO GYM WERE EV-- >> I AM PROFOUNDLY SADDENED THAT A SINGLE ATHLETE WAS HURT. I WILL NOT WAIVER ON MY COMMIT NOENT FOCUS EACH AND EVERY DAY ON OUR ORGANIZATION'S HIGHEST PRIORITY, THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR ATHLETES. WE WILL CREATE A POWER THAT SUPPORTS THEM AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO GOING FORWARD MAKES THIS VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU ALL. * HEY! * Bee to hive for that honey you know * * a sweet tasty bowl * of that get up and go * put in the good and the good will grow * * good goes around and around and around HEY! * honey to the O is the yum in yo bowl * * playing around that's how we roll * * start with the good and watch good flow * * good goes around and around and around HEY! * Speaking of good, you'll love New Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios. I made a vow to love you faithfully. And to keep you safe. How the hell are you, Ana?
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Channel: TODAY
Views: 492,775
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Keywords: The TODAY Show, TODAY Show, TODAY, NBC, NBC News, Celebrity Interviews, TODAY Show Recipes, Fitness, Lifestyle, TODAY Show Interview, Ambush Makeover, Kathie Lee and Hoda, KLG and Hoda, News, Big News, Megyn Kelly, Sexual Misconduct, Coach Ignored, Ignored Reports, Larry Nassar’s Abuse, Ex-Gymnasts, Ex-Gymnasts Tell Megyn Kelly, sex abuser, former gymnasts Kyle Stephens, Rachael Denhollander, Denhollander alleges, Michigan State University, coach Kathie Klages, mattie larson
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Length: 11min 27sec (687 seconds)
Published: Thu Jan 25 2018
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