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Believed

How He Got Away

Believed

NPR

Society & Culture

4.913.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we take you back to 2004 - 13 years before Dr. Larry Nassar would admit in court that he sexually abused children. This incident with a teenager will show you not just what Larry was doing to so many of his patients, but how he got away with it again and again.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kate.

0:03.0

If you haven't heard episode one, start there.

0:05.9

This episode will make more sense.

0:08.1

And just a heads up, this episode talks about sexual assault of a teenager in detail.

0:15.3

It's late on a fall evening, dark September 16th, 2004.

0:27.5

A 17-year-old girl walks towards the bright lights of a hospital in Lansing, Michigan.

0:32.8

She's with her mom and a police officer.

0:35.4

I mean, I show up in the emergency room.

0:37.4

They bring me through with the main entrance, and I actually see a kid from my high school

0:42.1

sitting there.

0:43.2

This guy from her high school, doesn't broken arm or something.

0:46.7

And she remembers he spots her with the police.

0:50.1

And he's just looking at me like, what is going on?

0:54.0

And I just was terrified.

0:55.0

I was like, oh my gosh, everyone's going to find out.

0:57.9

Everyone's going to think something's going on.

1:00.3

Brienne Randall Gay has just come from the police station, where she reported what Dr. Larry

1:05.6

Nassar did to her.

1:07.7

The police wanted to go straight to the local hospital for a rape exam.

1:12.2

Brienne remembers the emergency room is packed, but the police escort means Brienne skips

1:17.9

the line, goes right back into an exam room.

1:20.9

And the nurse gives her a pelvic exam and also asks a lot of very personal questions.

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