Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar was lauded as the go-to doctor for the United States’ best gymnasts. After he pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina cleared her docket to give each of his accusers a chance to speak at the sentencing hearing. More than 150 women, including several Olympians, confronted Dr. Nassar in the courtroom and spoke of their abuse over seven days. It was an extraordinary use of the courtroom — and a new way of thinking about justice. Guests: Emily Bazelon, who covers legal issues for The New York Times Magazine; Makayla Thrush, a former gymnast, spoke to Sabrina Tavernise, a Times reporter. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.
0:09.0	Today, over the course of seven days, more than 150 women
0:16.0	recounted their experience of sexual abuse at the hands of the same doctor
0:22.0	in a marathon sentencing hearing in Michigan.
0:26.0	It was an extraordinary use of the courtroom and a new way of thinking about justice.
0:36.0	It's Thursday, January 25th.
0:39.0	Thank you.
0:52.0	You pled in DACAT 17-526FC count 1, criminal sexual conduct first degree person under 13, defendant 17 or older, that is punishable by up to life.
1:06.0	You're a criminal sexual life.
1:10.0	Yes, you're right.
1:13.0	Count 2, criminal sexual conduct first degree person under 13, defendant 17 or older, punishable by up to life.
1:21.0	Count 5, criminal sexual conduct first degree relationship.
1:29.0	So, Makayla, tell me about walking into the courtroom on Tuesday morning.
1:38.0	Well, when I walked in, the first thing that I really noticed was all the girls that I recognize that I've competed with, trained with.
1:48.0	My colleague, Sabrina Tavernese, talked with a former gymnast, Makayla Thresh.
1:54.0	I really wasn't nervous or scared or anything. I was just ready to give my statement.
1:59.0	I've had to be quiet for so long, so I was really excited just to be able to speak.
2:06.0	It's been over maybe like a week span. I've been putting together my statement.
2:11.0	I did a lot of editing, a lot of adding things, a lot of taking things out.
2:15.0	And then my whole way there, I kept thinking that maybe it's not complete. Maybe it is. I don't know.
2:21.0	You're under the next survivor. You will hear from, has agreed to be publicly identified.
2:25.0	Her name is Makayla Thresh. She was right behind me.
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