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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Apr 22, 2018 11:30 PM UTC  McKayla Maroney stands on the podium with her silver medal during the medal ceremony following the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault final of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 5, 2012 in London, England. McKayla Maroney stands on the podium with her silver medal during the medal ceremony following the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault final of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 5, 2012 in London, England.Ronald Martinez/Getty Images  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Apr 22, 2018 11:30 PM UTC Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney revealed that she told a USA Gymnastics coach and several fellow gymnasts in 2011 that she had been sexually abused by team doctor Larry Nassar. Nothing happened, she said, and the abuse carried on for another five years. Maroney, who won [gold](http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/31/us-women-gymnasts-win-first-team-gold-since-1996/) and silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as part of the “Fierce Five,” said in an interview with [NBC’s _Dateline_](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mckayla-maroney-says-she-tried-raise-sex-abuse-alarm-2011-n867911) that she was in a car with coach John Geddert and other gymnasts when she told them, “Last night, it was like Larry was fingering me.” Maroney, now 22, said Geddert did not react, while the other gymnasts appeared surprised. One of the gymnasts criticized Maroney for making the statement at the time and later told NBC that the incident did not happen. _Dateline_ reported that three other witnesses corroborated Maroney’s story. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/988169022112923649) Geddert was [suspended by USA Gymnastics in January](https://usagym.org/pages/aboutus/pages/suspended%5Fmembers.html) after numerous gymnasts accused him of verbal and physical abuse. Geddert has not commented on the allegations. Maroney said Nassar abused her the first time she met him, at the Karolyi ranch in Houston, Texas, which was the U.S. national training center. She said the abuse happened every time she saw him after that — “hundreds” of times. At the world championships in Tokyo in 2011, she said Nassar “went overboard.” She told NBC that she was naked with Nassar on top of her, and “I thought I was going to die.” Four of Maroney’s “Fierce Five” teammates have reported that they were abused by Nassar. Maroney was the [first to publicly reveal the abuse](http://time.com/4987066/mckayla-maroney-metoo-molested/), in a tweet in October 2017\. She said Nassar started to abuse her when she was 13 and continued, even during the 2012 Olympic Games until she left gymnastics in 2016. Her teammates [Aly Raisman](http://time.com/5020885/aly-raisman-sexual-abuse-usa-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar/), [Gabby Douglas](http://time.com/5034498/gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-larry-nassar-abuse/), and [Jordyn Wieber](http://time.com/5110013/jordyn-wieber-larry-nassar-sexual-abuse/) have also accused Nassar of sexual abuse. Raisman and Wieber are suing USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Michigan State University, where Nassar was on the faculty, for failing to protect them from Nassar’s behavior. Nassar abused the gymnasts under the pretext of medical care. An osteopath, he told the girls that the procedures would ease whatever pain they were sent to him to relieve, and would help them to continue training. “He told me he was going to do a checkup on me and that was the first day I was abused,” Maroney said during the interview. “He said that nobody would understand this and the sacrifice that it takes to get to the Olympics, so you can’t tell people this.” Maroney said that Nassar won the favor of the gymnasts by being friendly, bringing them food when they were afraid to eat while under the watchful eye of coaches and national team coordinator Martha Karolyi. “Your coaches are just always watching you. And wanting to keep you skinny,” she said. “I would’ve starved at the Olympics if I didn’t have him bring me food.” ## Martha and Bela Karolyi respond to allegations > [](https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/988185075924774919) Martha and Bela Karolyi, the famed Romanian coaches credited with bringing U.S. women’s gymnastics to world championship and Olympic glory, spoke publicly for the first time since the accusations against Nassar were revealed last fall. They said they were not aware of Nassar’s abuse, and were saddened to learn of his behavior. Several gymnasts have said the abuse occurred on the Karolyi ranch, which doubled as the national training center, where elite gymnasts came once a month to live and train. USA Gymnastics [cut ties with the Karolyi ranch in January amid the Nassar scandal](http://time.com/5108887/usa-gymnastics-sexual-abuse-karolyi-ranch/). “Any child who is violated by Nassar, it’s a crime and it’s so sad,” Martha said. “It is very much hurtful,” Martha said of the abuse allegations. But she said she was not aware of Nassar’s sexual abuse of the gymnasts. “I heard during the testimonies that some of the parents were in the therapy room with their own child and Larry Nassar was performing this,” said Martha. “And the parent couldn’t see. How I could see?” The Karolyis have been named in several lawsuits related to Nassar’s abuse. Nassar is currently serving 175 years in prison on state charges of criminal sexual activity and federal charges of child pornography. 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