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#7 - Criticism of Larry Nassar's victims holds no water whatsoever (continued)
Even if it wasn't out of line, which it is, Nassar sexually assaulted Raisman, now 23 years old, when she was only 15. This was long before she first appeared in these photo shoots in 2015, the year in which she reported Nassar.
It is a proven fact that these photo shoots had absolutely no effect on Nassar sexually assaulting her. After all, he sexually assaulted more than 260 others who did not take part in photo shoots such as these.
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Again, even if they did, it would not make his actions justifiable in any way, shape or form.
In fact, after Raisman took part in photo shoots for ESPN The Body Issue in 2015, Nassar even e-mailed a USA Gymnastics official the following message.
“Really!?!?!?! Can’t they wait until they retire before they take their clothes off!”
The argument of whether or not taking part in these photo shoots is moral is a whole other argument. It certainly doesn't justify sexual assault no matter how you slice it.
