The more damning quote as it relates to JS:
by grnd (2018-01-25 10:38:37)
Edited on 2018-01-25 10:42:55

In reply to: I'm curious as to what you make of this quote  posted by NDFanSince81

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"Camps were mandatory. Treatment was mandatory. Physical exams were mandatory. They were required to sign waivers, releases, agreements, indemnifications, a pile of paperwork that ceded their bodies to the control of others. 'They always made us feel like if we ever said anything or complained we were being dramatic or high-maintenance or difficult,' Raisman says. 'When you only have five girls who make the Olympic team — we were just conditioned from a young age not to say anything.'"

That "paperwork" requiring that they cede control over their bodies to others (Nassar) is legal in nature, created the very environment which allowed Nassar to prey upon these girls for decades, and was undoubtedly drafted, reviewed, and approved by USAG's counsel.

JS's involvement in drafting or at least reviewing and approving these documents is almost certain.

The ultimate question is what he knew or should have known about the abuse Nasser was perpetrating within that system particularly given that he very likely had a role in creating the environment in the first place.

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