On Wednesday, Olympic gold medalist gymnast Simone Biles shared her emotional testimony against USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Over the course of many years, several gymnasts, including Biles, endured sexual abuse at the hand of Larry Nassar.

Simone Biles began her testimony with a quote said by Nelson Mandela that says, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

As she continued, Biles visibly became emotional and choked up, apologizing to those surrounding her.

“To be clear, I blame Larry Nassar, and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse,” she said through tears.

“USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee knew that I was abused by their official team doctor long before I was ever made aware of their knowledge,” she continued.

Biles said that she was not aware of the magnitude of the problem because in 2016 when this all came out, neither she nor her parents were contacted about it until after the Rio Olympic games.

“This is the largest case of sexual abuse in the history of American sport,” said Biles. “And although there has been a fully independent investigation of the FBI’s handling of the case, neither USAG nor US OPC have ever been made the subject of the same level of scrutiny,” she added.

“How much is a little girl worth?” asked Biles.

“I sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what I, the athletes at this table, and the countless others who needlessly suffered under Nassar’s guise of medical treatment,” said the gymnast in tears once again.

“I am a strong individual and I will persevere, but I never should have been left alone to suffer the abuse of Larry Nassar,” said Biles.

Biles, along with McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Maggie Nichols shared their testimonies during Wednesday’s hearing.

The hearing was to discuss the FBI’s mishandling of this case.

In 2017, Larry Nassar plead guilty to abusing 10 of several hundreds of girls and women who came forward about being sexually abused. He is now serving up to 175 years in prison.

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