5 key takeaways from the NBC documentary on the Larry Nassar scandal 

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From left: Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England
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Aly Raisman at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Aly Raisman was right

As 7:00 pm ET on Sunday night approached, I was not aware that Aly Raisman would be featured in "Silent No More".

But at this point, I'm not sure why I would bet against it seeing as how she has been arguably the strongest voice of all of Nassar's accusers with her constant calls to hold his enablers, including USA Gymnastics, the United States Olympic Committee and Michigan State University, accountable for enabling him.

Here is an excerpt from Raisman's victim impact statement during Nassar's sentencing hearing in January.

"The tables have turned, Larry. We are here. We have our voices and we are not going anywhere. And now, Larry, it's your turn to listen to me.”

Here is Raisman's full statement.

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Like Raisman said, the "army of survivors" are "not going anywhere". She is helping to make absolutely sure of it.

In fact, after "Silent No More" was done airing, Raisman took to Twitter to express her frustration with what she saw as several shortcomings, which match similar frustrations she has had in recent months with how this scandal has been handled by USA Gymnastics.

Based on everything that has happened up until now, Raisman was right; she is certainly not planning on going anywhere until some serious changes to the institutions that enabled Nassar's predatory behavior are made to prevent a scandal like this one from happening ever again, and neither is anybody else.

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