Biles, Raisman, other US gymnasts file $1b claim against FBI over Nassar sex abuse

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WASHINGTON - Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star US gymnasts filed a US$1 billion claim against the FBI on Wednesday forafter pleading guilty in late 2017 and early 2018 to sexually assaulting

athletes while working as a sports medicine doctor at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.

Biles, Raisman and Maroney are among the more than 90 women who have filed the federal tort claim against the FBI, the law firm handling the case, Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, said in a statement. Maroney said in a statement that"my fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us - the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI.""It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process."

"However, the FBI was grossly derelict in their duties by declining to interview gymnasts who were willing to talk about the abuse," it said.

 

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