New York Daily News

Perv worked for U.S.A. squad

- BY JESSICA CHIA, NICOLE HENSLEY and GRAHAM RAYMAN

TWO-TIME Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney revealed on Wednesday that her former USA Gymnastics doctor sexually abused her for seven years — starting when she was just 13.

Maroney identified convicted sex offender Larry Nassar as her repeat abuser in a statement inspired by the #MeToo movement, which encourages women who’ve been victims of sexual harassment or sexual assault to speak out.

Nassar has been accused of molesting dozens of young athletes associated with USA Gymnastics and his Michigan State University clinic.

He is being sued by more than 125 women claiming he sexually assaulted them under the pretense of medical treatment.

Maroney became a viral sensation during the 2012 Olympics in London when she famously scowled on the podium after winning just the silver medal in the vault event.

Then-President Barack Obama doubled down on the “McKayla Is Not Impressed” meme in a photo with her in the Oval Office in November 2012.

But Maroney on Wednesday said her famous scowl came on the heels of one of Nassar’s abusive episodes.

“It seemed whenever and wherever this man could find the chance, I was ‘treated,’ ” Maroney wrote. “It happened in London before my team and I won the gold medal, and it happened before I won my silver.”

Maroney, now 21, said her 2012 Olympic victories — a gold and silver medal — were marred by his abuse.

In a statement to ABC News Wednesday, USA Gymnastics said it “admires the courage of those, like McKayla Maroney, who have come forward to share their personal experience­s with sexual abuse.

“We, like so many others, are outraged and disgusted by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused. We are sorry that any athlete has been harmed during her or his gymnastics career.

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