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Believed

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Believed

NPR

Society & Culture

4.913.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for more than two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Larry Nassar abused women and girls for more than 20 years with disturbing news in the world of elite gymnastics the former team

0:07.5

And a lot of people they think they know this story dozens of survivors shared their stories in court and

0:13.9

Basically giving him more than a century in jail, but serial predators don't just get away because of sloppy police work or

0:20.6

Inept institutions

0:22.3

They get away because we let them those spheres go through your head the whole time

0:27.2

What if I'm not believed if there were ever a moment to ask what does it take for women to be believed that moment is now

0:36.4

From Michigan radio and NPR this is believed

0:40.7

I'm Kate Wells and I'm Lindsay Smith and this is the story of how Larry Nassar got away with it for so long

0:49.8

You'll hear from survivors

0:51.8

Everyone would just say like he's just touchy like he's a little weird. You'll hear from parents

0:57.8

I remember out of the corner of my eye seeing what looked to be potentially an erection. You'll hear from police

1:04.2

You know, we could have we could have went to a doctor and said

1:07.7

Is this a you know what what is your thoughts on this medical procedure?

1:12.1

You could have very you guys probably should have or is that should yeah, well

1:16.1

We should have that's something that we should have done and you'll hear from Larry himself when he gets away

1:22.1

And when he's finally cornered you know, I'm not

1:25.2

Purposely trying to get a rouse over doing any treatment

1:29.8

We all think we'd be able to spot a predator like Larry Nassar

1:34.3

We'll show you how even well-meaning adults failed to recognize Larry's abuse and how you could have missed it too

1:42.8

Believed is the story of how survivors found their power and raised their voices even in the face of doubt

1:50.5

Little girls don't see little forever

1:53.4

They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world

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