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Podcast: An Irishman Abroad
Episode: Simone Biles And The Larry Nassar Scandal - Irishman In America Scandals Series With Marion McKeone
Description: This week US gymnast Simone Biles stunned the world by withdrawing from the team gymnastics event at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Behind the storm the decision created was Larry Nassar. Biles was a victim of the US team doctor who abused hundreds of female gymnasts over the course of years while employed by the organisation and Michigan State University. Biles along with dozens of young women didn’t break their silence when the case went to court, they were never silent. They told everyone they could but nobody would listen or do anything. Today Marion asks why. She examines what to...