The group that trains the American Olympic gymnast team is dealing with a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment from one of their doctors.
Olympian McKayla Maroney filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that she was forced into a confidential settlement with USA Gymnastics in December 2016 to keep the abuse by Dr. Larry Nassar secret.
According to the LA Times, the lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Olympic Committee enabled a “culture and atmosphere that conceals known and suspected sexual abusers.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Maroney’s settlement was signed in December 2016 and worth $1.25 million.
On December 7, Nassar was sentenced to 60-years in prison for being found guilty of federal child pornography charges. Nassar was also accused of sexual assault by more than 140 women in civil and criminal complaints.
Maroney says the abuse started when she was 13.