UNITED STATES
The Associated Press
August 16, 2018
Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross watched nearly all the women with whom they won Olympic gold step forward, one by one, over the past 18 months to detail their abuse at the hands of disgraced former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar.
In January, Nassar was sentenced to an effective life sentence after being convicted of federal child pornography and state sexual abuse charges. Kocian and Ross are now coming forward to help themselves heal and to send a message to victims of sexual abuse everywhere that there is no timetable on coming to grips with the trauma.
“Everyone copes in their own way,” said Ross, a member of the Fierce Five that stormed to gold at the 2012 Olympics.
“It doesn’t matter how old you are and what happens to you. I’ve come to the point in my life, this is something I want to share my story and move on,” Ross told The Associated Press.
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