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

From left: McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman and Kyla Ross at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England

#7 - Criticism of Larry Nassar's victims holds no water whatsoever

Ever since the news of this scandal broke, there has been a lot of criticism directed at Larry Nassar's victims. In fact, there have been far too many cases in which his victims have been criticized more so than he has been and more so than his protectors, defenders and enablers have been.

But none of this criticism holds any water whatsoever. Here are a few examples of this criticism that people have directed at Nassar's victims.

Critics say that Nassar's accusers are only "in it for the money". Making this claim insinuates that this whole thing is just one big scam and one big conspiracy against Nassar, effectively meaning that the sexual assault never happened, which we know for a fact that it did.