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How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.
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1How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for more than two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
How did former Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually abuse hundreds of girls and women for decades? To understand how he got away with it, we have to begin with the doctor in his prime, when everyone thought of him as Larry, the good guy.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
In this episode, we take you back to 2004 - 13 years before Dr. Larry Nassar would admit in court that he sexually abused children. This incident with a teenager will show you not just what Larry was doing to so many of his patients, but how he got away with it again and again.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sometimes the people who don't believe you are the people who love you the most. This episode will take you into Larry Nassar's basement, through the memories of a young girl - a family friend who he abused for years.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
It's time to hear from Larry, and we've got the tape. In 2014, the doctor was interviewed by a police detective after another patient reported him for sexual assault. You'll hear for yourself how Larry lies, manipulates and convinces police to believe him instead of the victim.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Larry Nassar's world starts to fall apart in the summer of 2016, thanks to three things: a tough Michigan detective, a team of journalists in Indiana, and a homeschooling mom from Kentucky. In this episode, you'll hear Larry's facade collapse - on tape.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Many parents were in the room when Larry Nassar abused their daughters. They had no idea it was happening. That's because Larry didn't just manipulate his victims, he manipulated their parents, too.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Even some of Larry Nassar's victims found it hard to believe they themselves were abused. This is the story of a patient who supported him for years, despite the allegations. Hear what it took for her to finally accept the truth.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The world watches as more than 200 women and girls confront Larry Nassar at his sentencing hearings. "Little girls don't stay little forever," says one survivor. "They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
In the end, Larry Nassar's survivors were believed. But is that enough?Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Omg this guy sounds like a creep in the interview. I can’t believe so many people fell for this guys bull crap lies over the victim’s complaint. Unbelievable. He even talks about palpating his lover when he was dating in medical school. Creeper.
'I have no sense of animosity towards anyone'......the absolute CHEEK of him
Wow! What a psychopath!
Bingelistened this on March 8th, ie International Women's Day, and it seems fitting somehow. So much respect and admiration for these women! Inspirational.
Her mom's response is AMAZING 💙
Interesting story, but the cursing by the narrator diminishes its value. and I just couldn't get myself to continue past the first episode. "bullsh*t detector"
I find it disgusting how much this series perpetuates rape culture by justifying the NEGLIGENCE and DENIAL of the parents. What they did "filing away sexual abuse" in the back of their minds make them complicit in the abuse. And to be in a room with a doctor examining your child and not observing in detail their methods is also ignorant. As a parent you protect children. At all costs. You do not just operate under the assumption doctors, coaches, people in direct access of your children have good intentions. You sustain skepticism and believe your children first. Your series does nothing for many survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
such terrible editing! I want to hear the story but there are so many bad cuts!
I cannot tell you all how important this podcast is, just listen and take on board everything these ladies have been telling you. I'm so glad that there are people as strong as these, in the world.
Still thinking about that court room full of survivors and struggling to even comprehend what cost a broken youth for these women and their families. I cried in awe several times during this story. Great journalism, I’m still thinking and may need to listen again.
i wish you were here in Germany, there is a trainer who needs to be checked.
I'm sobbing. the bravery and strength these women displayed is beyond comprehension for me. bravo to these people for coming forward and for standing up against this man and a system that supported him for so long.
Kyle's a hero and regardless of what her parents were going through........they fricking suck!!
"your time is up" ... damn that was cold
My therapist recommended this podcast to me. While it was difficult to try to keep my PTSD in check, I found it so important to listen to every word. Thank you to everyone who made this happen. Thank you to those who were strough enough to speak up. I wasn't in my situation and I regret it so much.
Thank you so much for this. I was not believed by so many people when I was date raped.. Or blamed is probably the better word. When my daughter was raped by her father I believed and most of the family believed but she was so young that her voice was not believed by DHS or the police.
the source is broken on castbox I can't listen
Parts of this episode are missing. Listen to minute 26
about 1/2 way through gaslighting episode. The episode drew me in with the idea I would get to hear Larry speak... but the audio was edited so severely that I wasn't given the opportunity to learn. The journalist spoke over all of it with her opinion. As a fellow Me Too, I was intrigued to hear what his warped mind had to say. I was also sexually abused from toddlerhood to teenager in an extreme way. I wanted to hear how these deviants think. Let the nutcase speak! You already have your platform.