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Image: Olympic gold metalist McKayla Maroney was
one of 156 former athletes treated by Nassar, USA Gymnastics and Michigan State
University doctor, who accused him of sexually molesting them over three
decades. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
• Editorial Comment: The Indy Star should have won a Pulitzer for that work.
“[T]hank God we had these journalists. And
that they exposed this truth and that they continued to cover this story. . .
.
“The final takeaway is that we as a society need
investigative journalists more than ever. What finally started this reckoning
and ended this decades-long cycle of abuse was investigative reporting. Without
that first Indianapolis Star story in August of 2016, without the story
where Rachael [Denhollander] came forward publicly shortly thereafter, he would
still be practicing medicine, treating athletes, and abusing kids.”
—Angela Povilaitis, Michigan assistant attorney general, in her prosecutor’s
statement at Larry Nassar sentencing, Jan. 24, 2018.
• Editorial Comment: The Indy Star should have won a Pulitzer for that work.
PeezPix by Ted Pease
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