Biles si colegii ei de echipa rup FBI-ul pentru caz de abuz de Nassar

WASHINGTON – Asezata la o masa de martori alaturi de trei dintre fostii ei coechipieri de gimnastica, Simone Biles a rupt in lacrimi in timp ce explica unui comitet al Senatului ca nu vrea ca mai multi tineri sa experimenteze felul de suferinta pe care a suferit-o din mainile lui Lawrence G. Nassar, fostul medic al echipei nationale.

„Pentru a fi clar, il invinovatesc pe Larry Nassar, dar invinovatesc si un intreg sistem care i-a permis si comis abuzul”, a declarat miercuri Biles, in varsta de 24 de ani, in timp ce mama ei, Nellie Biles, statea in apropiere, tamponandu-si ochii cu un servetel.

Doamna Biles si alte sute de fete si femei – inclusiv majoritatea membrilor echipelor olimpice americane de gimnastica feminina din 2012 si 2016 – au fost agresate de domnul Nassar, care indeplineste acum ceea ce echivaleaza cu inchisoarea pe viata pentru mai multe infractiuni sexuale. Abuzul sau in serie se afla in centrul unuia dintre cele mai mari cazuri de abuz sexual asupra copiilor din istoria americana.

A marturisit si McKayla Maroney, olimpica in 2012, care a descris in detaliu cum domnul Nassar a abuzat-o in mod repetat, chiar si la Jocurile de la Londra, unde a castigat o medalie de aur. Ea a spus ca a supravietuit unei incercari ingrozitoare cand ea si domnul Nassar se aflau la o competitie la Tokyo, sigura ca „avea sa moara in noaptea aceea pentru ca nu avea cum sa ma lase sa plec”.

„In seara aceea am fost goala, complet singura, cu el deasupra mea, molestandu-ma ore in sir”, a spus ea.

In 2015, cand doamna Maroney avea 19 ani si inainte ca ea chiar sa-i spuna mamei sale ceea ce facuse domnul Nassar, ea a descris abuzul unui agent FBI in timpul unui apel telefonic de trei ore de la podeaua dormitorului ei. Cand a terminat, doamna Maroney a spus ca agentul a intrebat: „Asta e tot?” Ea a spus ca se simte zdrobita de lipsa de empatie.

„Nu numai ca FBI nu mi-a raportat abuzul, dar cand au documentat in cele din urma raportul meu 17 luni mai tarziu, au facut afirmatii cu totul false despre ceea ce am spus”, a marturisit doamna Maroney. „Au ales sa minta cu privire la ceea ce am spus si sa protejez un agresor in serie, mai degraba decat sa ma protejeze nu numai pe mine, ci pe nenumarati altii.”

Senatoarea Dianne Feinstein din California a imbratisat-o pe Maroney dupa audiere. Credit … Fotografie de piscina de Graeme Jennings

Domnul Wray, care a devenit directorul FBI in 2017, a declarat ca este „dureros si furios” cand a aflat ca FBI a facut atat de multe erori in acest caz inainte de a prelua conducerea agentiei.

„Imi pare rau ca atat de multi oameni te-au dezamagit din nou si din nou”, le-a spus domnul Wray victimelor. „Imi pare deosebit de rau ca au existat oameni la FBI care au avut propria lor sansa de a opri acest monstru in 2015 si au esuat, iar acest lucru este inexcusabil. Nu ar fi trebuit sa se intample niciodata si facem tot ce ne sta in putinta pentru a ne asigura ca nu se va mai intampla niciodata ”.

Domnul Wray a spus ca unul dintre agentii implicati initial in caz, Michael Langeman, a fost concediat in urma cu doua saptamani. Cand a fost intrebat de ce cazul a fost tratat gresit in primul rand, domnul Wray a spus ca agentii au facut multe greseli de baza care s-au confruntat cu modul in care FBI efectueaza de obicei investigatiile.

„Nu am o explicatie buna pentru tine”, a spus domnul Wray, adaugand ulterior: „Pe nici o planeta nu este acceptabil ceea ce s-a intamplat in acest caz”.

Domnul Wray a spus ca, ca urmare a cazului Nassar, FBI si-a intarit politicile, procedurile, sistemele si instruirea, inclusiv subliniind ca agentii raporteaza cazuri de abuz autoritatilor de stat locale si locale. El a promis ca masurile in viitoarele investigatii vor fi „verificate de patru ori”, astfel incat sa nu existe „un singur punct de esec”.

Senatorul Patrick Leahy, democrat din Vermont, a declarat ca raspunsurile domnului Wray nu vor oferi niciun fel de consolare gimnastelor care au depus marturie in fata Comitetului judiciar si ca nici ele nu erau suficient de bune „pentru poporul american”.

La fel ca gimnastele care au depus marturie, domnul Leahy si alti cativa senatori din comitet si-au exprimat indignarea ca agentii care au tratat gresit cazul nu au fost urmariti. El a spus ca oficialii sportivi si guvernamentali si oricine altcineva care „a inchis ochii” la abuzul domnului Nassar ar trebui sa fie acuzati penal.

„O multime de oameni ar trebui sa fie in inchisoare”, a spus domnul Leahy.

Departamentul de Justitie nu a fost la sedinta pentru a aborda lipsa urmaririlor penale. Senatorii au spus ca au cerut oficialilor Departamentului de Justitie sa participe, dar acesti oficiali au refuzat.

Sedinta a avut loc la doua luni dupa ce inspectorul general al Departamentului de Justitie a publicat un raport care a criticat aspru FBI. un centru local de gimnastica si un liceu, chiar daca parasise SUA Gimnastica sub un nor, atat oficialii de gimnastica, cat si FBI-ul fiind constienti de acuzatiile de abuz.

Domnul Nassar a fost capabil sa molesteze peste 70 de fete si femei sub masca tratamentului medical in timp ce FBI nu a actionat, se arata in raportul inspectorului general.

„Pentru a fi clar, dau vina pe Larry Nassar, dar dau vina si asupra unui intreg sistem care i-a permis si perpetuat abuzul”, a spus Biles.

To open the hearing, Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois and the committee chair, scolded the F.B.I. for its “dereliction of duty,” “systematic organizational failure” and “gross failures” in the case.

“It shocks the conscience when the failures come from law enforcement itself, yet that’s exactly what happened in the Nassar case,” Mr. Durbin said.

Two F.B.I. agents who took the initial abuse reports no longer work for the agency, including Mr. Langeman, the supervisory special agent in the F.B.I.’s Indianapolis office who first spoke to Ms. Maroney. Mr. Wray said the agency had been waiting to receive the inspector general’s report and had to go through the proper disciplinary process before firing Mr. pltmbk.in.ua Langeman.

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Langeman, who was not immediately available for comment, was not named in the inspector general’s report, but his actions and multiple crucial missteps were carefully described. The report said that Mr. Langeman should have known that Mr. Nassar’s abuse was probably widespread, but that he did not investigate the case with any urgency.

After Mr. Langeman interviewed Ms. Maroney — who was just one of the three elite gymnasts who gave U.S.A. Gymnastics details of Mr. Nassar’s abuse — the agent did not properly document that interview or open an investigation. In an interview report that Mr. Langeman filed with the F.B.I. 17 months after he spoke to Ms. Maroney, who was not named in the report, he included statements she did not make, according to the report.

Like other agents initially involved in the case, Mr. Langeman did not alert local or state officials about the allegations of abuse by Mr. Nassar, violating F.B.I. policy that says crimes against children “invariably require a broad, multijurisdictional, and multidisciplinary approach.”

Mr. Langeman later said he had filed an initial report about Mr. Nassar, asking for the case to be transferred to the F.B.I.’s Lansing office. But the paperwork wasn’t found in the F.B.I. database, the inspector general’s report said.

W. Jay Abbott, a former special agent in the Indianapolis office, also is no longer with the F.B.I. after voluntarily retiring in 2018. The report said he had made false statements to Justice Department investigators and “violated F.B.I. policy and exercised extremely poor judgment under federal ethics rules.”

According to the report, Mr. Abbott had been angling for a job with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, which he discussed with Steve Penny, who was then the president of U.S.A. Gymnastics. Several senators expressed surprise and disgust that Mr. Abbott was able to leave the F.B.I. without being disciplined.

Hundreds of girls and women who were abused by Mr. Nassar have been waiting for years to hear from the F.B.I. about the mistakes in the case. Ms. Biles has been vocal about wanting to know “who knew what, and when” about Mr. Nassar. She said the effects from his abuse linger. She won a silver medal and a bronze this summer at the Tokyo Olympics after dropping out of the team competition, saying she was struggling mentally.

The gymnasts being sworn in.Credit…Pool photo by Saul Loeb

Aly Raisman, an Olympic gold medalist who testified at the hearing, has publicly asked for an independent investigation of the Nassar case. She pressed senators for that on Wednesday, saying that it was hard for her to speak at the hearing, but that she did so to protect others and force change within sports and law enforcement.

“The F.B.I. made me feel like my abuse didn’t count and that it wasn’t real,” she said.

Ms. Raisman, 27, told the senators that she wondered if she was going to be able to walk out of the hearing room after the proceedings.

After the first time she spoke publicly about her abuse, in 2017, she said, she was so shaken that she couldn’t stand up in the shower and had to sit on the floor of the tub to wash her hair. Since then, she said, there have been times when she was so sick from the trauma that she had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance.

Ms. sims-mod.ru Raisman said testifying on Wednesday would set her back, too.

“This might take me months to recover,” she said. “I just wanted to make that clear.”