Gymnastics Star Simone Biles Says She, Too, Was Sexually Abused by Larry Nassar

Simone Biles won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Reuters/Mike Blake

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has come forward to say she also suffered sexual abuse at the hands of former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, as he faces sentencing on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

“I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar,” Biles wrote in a letter that was posted to Twitter on Monday, Jan. 15, with the hashtag #MeToo.