Top 10 things you need to know about the Larry Nassar scandal

McKayla Maroney at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England

#6 - Larry Nassar's victims are undoubtedly heroes (continued)

Had McKayla Maroney not become the first high-profile gymnast to accuse Larry Nassar of sexual assault and had she not risked a fine by violating that non-disclosure agreement, would any of the others, such as Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Jordyn Wieber, done so?

They certainly still might have, but if not, would this scandal have ever made the news to the extent that it did and deserved to?

Since revealing in November that Nassar had sexually assaulted her, Aly Raisman has undoubtedly been the leader of the "Army of Survivors". She has continued to rip the people and organizations that protected, defended and enabled Nassar, and she has continued to call for these people and organizations to be held accountable.

After initially not planning on attending nor speaking at Nassar's sentencing hearing in Ingham County, Michigan in January, Raisman ended up both attending and speaking. Her scathing statement went viral and set the tone for pretty much everything that she has been and done since.