Simone Biles fights back tears as she testifies at Senate hearing on Larry Nassar abuse

Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles was captured fighting back tears as she revealed shattering details about the sexual abuse she and hundreds of other athletes suffered from former team doctor Larry Nassar. The emotional hearing painted a damning picture of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which mishandled the Nassar investigation that allowed the disgraced doctor to continue abusing more victims for over a year before he was finally arrested. Through tears, Biles blamed the FBI, USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee at the Senate panel for allowing Nassar to abuse dozens of women and children. The USA Gymnastics reported Nassar to the FBI in July 2015, but he continued to see patients at the Michigan State University (MSU), until a leading newspaper exposed him in September 2016. In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting women and girls while working as a team doctor at the USA Gymnastics and MSU. The committee is currently examining the flaws in the FBI's investigation. While testifying before the Senate, Biles said, "To be clear, I blame Larry Nassar and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse." Other gymnasts McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman also appeared before the committee.