Riley Gaines Defended by invoking Simone Bilales‘History of sexual abuse at the hands of the former U.S. doctor and the convicted child predator Larry nassar In its debate on the inclusion of trans athletes in sports.
Gaines, 25, appeared in “The Stephen program A. Smith” Podcast on Tuesday, June 10, where Smith, 57 its retreating with biles, 28 years old, On social media last week.
“I am on the side of what I said one hundred percent,” Gaines said. “But let -me to provide some context. First, I think Larry Nassar is a monster that should happen every second waking up for the rest of his miserable life and rotting in prison. I and Simone, surely they agree.”
In 2016, Nassar was arrested and accused of possession of child pornography, which he declared guilty and was sentenced to 60 years. Nassar was also accused of several accusations of criminal sexual behavior, including two girls’ charges between the ages of 13 and 15 and one with a child under 13. He declared himself guilty and was sentenced to 4o to 175 years in prison.
Stephen A. Smith has been inserted directly in the middle of the speech involved in Simone Biles, the ex -Collegiate Collegiate Riley Gaines and the inclusion of trans athletes in sports. 28 -year -olds, 25, 25 -year -old, engaged in a decline through X on Friday, June 6, focused on the rights of trans athletes, during which Gaines equated (…)
In the midst of positions and subsequent judgment, more than 60 women made the victim’s impact statements and more than 260 accused the miserable coach of sexual abuse. In 2018, Bilas presented himself as one of the victims of Nassar.
Bilas testified before the US Senate in 2021 with Team Usa Nuts Aly Raisman, Maggie nichols and McKayla MaroneyAlleging that the FBI resulted in investigation on Nassar and, therefore, allowed abuse to continue.
Gaines, who now works as a collaborator Embarrassing, Published video of the testimony of Biles through X On Friday, June 6, writing: “Simone Biles when he had to endure a predator man vs Simone Bilas when other girls have to endure predatory men,” trying to confuse a sexual predator convicted of young trans and secondary athletes.
Gaines told Smith that he was using his “own personal experience I can talk to” as a reason for the comparison attempt.
“It becomes more pervert than being in the shower, completely stripped, when a six-footed man of four approaches you, he is on the head of the shower next to him, he is completely naked and looks you showering?” He argued Gaines. “This is the context I was drawing. For me, this is a sexual abuse. What I and my colleagues had to happen was certainly sexual abuse.”
He added: “By clarity, I think what Simone and his teammates happened is condemnable and punishable beyond what we faced. There is no doubt in my mind.”
Riley Gaines, Simone Biles.
Getty Images (2)Gaines, however, criticized Biles for “trying to silence” people like herself talking about their feelings about trans athletes.
“No girl should have to go through this, whether it is rape, whether it is an unwanted touch, whether her voyeurism, whether it is an indecent exhibition, or that no woman should not be embarrassed to point out when men abuse women,” Gaines argued.
Gaines tried to use his own experience appearing in front of the Senate Judicial Committee in June 2023, where he discussed his experience swimming against Lia ThomasThe first transpine women’s champion in the NCAA female division, as an additional motivation for posting the video of Biles, talking about Nassar. (Gaines and Thomas tied for fifth place in the race, although Thomas received the fifth place trophy to contain in the photos.)
“He was excited about his testimony, I was excited about my testimony, describing -” Gaines said. “This is the conclusion that was drawing here: it is easy to condemn Larry Nassar, but I think it should be so easy to condemn those who try to normalize or think that it is not on a scale of serious sexual crimes against women and girls for men who strip and shower next to women.”
((Studies They have shown that trans people are more likely to be victims of sexual and physical abuse than to be the author of abuse.)
Smith, who criticized Gaines for referring to Nassar on Monday, June 9, episode of his podcast, explained why he refused to go back this time.
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“Make a very, very valid point,” Gaines told Gaines. “First, (is) your personal experience. Secondly, you are a lady. I am not. So when you talk about what is offensive to you, one of the things I have a problem, especially with the people of Capitol Hill, is when men try to tell women their experiences.”
Bilis issued a mea blame on Tuesdayapologizing to Gaines to make things “personal”. (In a Friday publication, Bilas asked Gaines to “intimidate someone your size, ironically would be a male.”)
“My objection is to distinguish children for public scrutiny in ways that feel personal and harmful,” he wrote Bilas through X. “Individual athletes, especially children, should never be the focus of the criticism of a defective system that have no control. I think sports organizations have a responsibility to present rules that support inclusion, maintaining a fair competition. respected.
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