Martha Karolyi sidesteps responsibility in Nassar scandal

[ASFN Admin]

Former USA Gymnastics national team co-ordinator Martha Karolyi says she feels for the sexual abuse victims of a former national team doctor serving decades in prison but added she doesn’t feel she should be held responsible for his actions. Karolyi told “Dateline NBC” in an episode that aired Sunday she “feels extremely bad” for the victims of Larry Nassar but downplayed the idea the atmosphere she created at the national team training centre allowed Nassar’s behaviour to run unchecked. Karolyi led the national team for 15 years before retiring after the 2016 Rio Olympics. She told Savannah Guthrie she did not turn a blind eye to Nassar’s behaviour and that the doctor conned her and husband

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