USA Gymnastics
Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States, encompassing seven disciplines: women’s gymnastics, men’s gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, gymnastics for all (aka group gymnastics) and, most recently, parkour. USA Gymnastics sets the rules and policies that govern the sport of gymnastics, including selecting and training the U.S. Gymnastics Teams for the Olympics and World Championships; promoting and developing gymnastics on the grassroots and national levels, as well as a safe, empowered and positive training environment; and serving as a resource and educational center for the more than 200,000 members, clubs, fans and gymnasts throughout the United States. The organization is deeply committed to creating a culture that encourages and supports its athletes and focuses on its highest priority: the safety and well-being of athletes and our community.www.usagym.org
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Oct 8, 2026
Rosie WaterlandHOST
And so her lawyers argued the state has even said that causes permanent damage.
Rosie WaterlandHOST
Um, Rosemil- Rosemarie Aquilina, the Michigan judge, um, who sentenced, um, the USA Gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar-
Kate LeaverGUEST
Mm-hmm
Rosie WaterlandHOST
... [lips smack] she put it this way when asked about the case.
Steve FriendHOST
Let's go down memory lane on how the FBI completely butchered this investigation.
Steve FriendHOST
Headline here, Watchdog, FBI mishandled NASA USA Gymnastics abuse case.
Steve FriendHOST
Just as a refresher for what went on here.
Steve FriendHOST
Among the, quote, missteps was a failure to conduct any investigative activity until more than a month after meeting with USA Gymnastics.
Steve FriendHOST
So USA Gymnastics came to the FBI and said, hey, we think we have this doctor who's diddling our gymnasts.
Steve FriendHOST
Can you investigate that? The agents interviewed one of three athletes by phone.
Steve FriendHOST
And the other two, they just didn't do because they're like, ah, you know, one's enough.
Howard MortmanHOST
June 5th, 2018, a Senate Commerce subcommittee is investigating sexual abuse of athletes.
Howard MortmanHOST
Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny is subpoenaed to testify regarding the sexual abuse of dozens of Olympic gymnasts who were under the care of former team doctor and convicted serial sex offender Larry Nassar.
Howard MortmanHOST
Here's Steve Penny and subcommittee chair, Republican Jerry Moran.
Jerry MoranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna begin with you, uh, Mr. Penny.
Jerry MoranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, you were the CEO of USA Gymnastics from April 5, 2005 until your resignation on March the 16th, 2017.
Jerry MoranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Is that correct?
Steve PennySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes.
Andrea JoyceGUEST
I mean, the w- the women on this panel are just incredible, and so my first job is to not fan girl too much, you know, over this group and not to be like, "Whoa!" You know, becau- because they are.
Andrea JoyceGUEST
They're, you know, and I actually have worked, you know, closely with one of them, with Li Li, um, Leung when she was the, uh, the head of USA Gymnastics.
Andrea JoyceGUEST
Um, but I think that more than anything, I think that this is an opportunity to remind people, we, we sort of know this in our heads how important sports are for women, for young girls, for, um, for women in general.
Andrea JoyceGUEST
We know how important it is for health, for wellbeing, on, for all kinds of reasons.
Andrea JoyceGUEST
So I think that it's just, it's to put a spotlight on all of that.
Brian BushHOST
Yeah.
Brian BushHOST
And you mentioned the four participants on the panel, Li Li Leung, who's the former CEO and president of USA Gymnastics.
Brian BushHOST
Uh, she's also been involved at a high, high level in the NBA.
Sean O. McCarthyHOST
She self-financed and filmed her debut comedy special, Untouchable, at the Independent Comedy Club just north of Detroit.
Sean O. McCarthyHOST
Untouchable, which debuted on YouTube on June 7th, 2026, is a half-hour of jokes that almost exclusively touches upon her experiences as a survivor of sexual abuse, one of 139 victims who took former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar to justice.
Sean O. McCarthyHOST
Banfield was just a 13-year-old cheerleader with a skeletal condition when she was directed to Nassar's medical offices, and she was 19 when Nassar was charged in court, and she realized the extent of what had happened to her.
Sean O. McCarthyHOST
She caught up with me over Zoom to talk about how she initially found comfort and catharsis in stand-up comedy, how she found a comedy friend and mentor in Sam Tallent, why she decided to focus solely on turning her tragedy into comedy for her debut special, and what she jokes about on stage now to make sure her trauma doesn't define her as a comedian or as a person.
Christina AndersonHOST
So her surgeon sent her to a different physical therapist and she came home one day and said, hey, I saw this new physical therapist for my shoulder.
Christina AndersonHOST
But come to find out, she actually was one of the national team therapists for USA Gymnastics for 12 years.
Christina AndersonHOST
And I really think that you should go see her for your Achilles tendons.
Christina AndersonHOST
And I did not want to go.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
You know, I have many feelings about it, but it was just so nice that I did not feel that I wasn't afraid for the athletes the whole time.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
And that is something that USAG and the athletes and the coaches that have worked to change this should feel very proud of.
Spencer BarnesHOST
You feel like in a past era, Jade would have felt like she needed to throw out more of those passes.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
Yeah.
Jewels JonesHOST
These are people that pla- pleaded guilty.
Jewels JonesHOST
I mean, Nassar, just for everybody that isn't aware of who that is or if you've forgotten, he was the one that pled guilty to the criminal sexual conduct in Ingham and Eaton counties after years of abusing athletes in his care at the Michigan State and the USA Gymnastics.
Jewels JonesHOST
He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in Ingham County, and 40 to 125 years in Eaton County.
Jewels JonesHOST
This is on top of a 60-year federal sentence for child pornography.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
Yeah.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
They, Scott Bragman, who used to, he is the reason we ever get to see any routines everywhere, when he used to work at USA Gymnastics, he was having flashbacks while this was happening.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
He was so worried, like about how...
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
He would be so worried that, you know, what they promised wasn't gonna-
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
She's coming back from a wrist injury and wrist surgery, which is so good that she took time off and rehabbed for this surgery because she had an avicular fracture.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
And you remember, famously, another heartbreaker when Courtney McCool, whose coaches are now banned for life, they can never, ever coach under USA Gymnastics anything in the United States.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
um she had a navicular fracture too in her wrist and it really ruined her um olympic experience and she couldn't use her wrist for a very long time until like her senior or junior year in college jayla hang took time off got this fixed tried to come back got cleared medically to come back um but she decided you know it's not the best to go to camp and that's understandable right because you don't want to push it.
Jessica O'BeirneHOST
Like don't, if you feel like you haven't had like eight weeks, you haven't been able, you can't get back to all of your routines back to where you want them.
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