Yes. If you go back and watch—I have not done it, but I remember very well—you'll see that the “sister survivors” and others testified in front of me. I heard 169 people testify, of whom 156 were sister survivors. I kept saying, “There's another crime, and there's another crime.”
People were not charged. Their crimes were not charged fully. Bystanders and enablers who were complicit were not charged, which sends a message that the only culpable person was Nassar. There were a whole lot of people—hundreds of people—who really should have been investigated, and they were not.
The harsh words I said to Nassar.... He behaved horribly in my court. You may not have seen it, but he behaved horribly.
Those sister survivors had the strength to tell their story, and their story is one that never should have been told in front of me. Thirty years ago, if one person had listened and done the right things, hundreds of girls would have been spared.
That's the opportunity you have now. You have heard from these children who are now adults—some are still children. Do the right thing now.
That's what was missing in the Nassar case. The right things were not done 30 years ago and then, even when the testimony came in front of me, the FBI failed. The investigation with the Karolyis failed. There were so many investigative pieces that failed our own.... Meridian Township failed to listen to a survivor and then paid for them to come to testify in front of me because of that failed investigation.
There were so many failures, and that's what really came in front of me. It wasn't just Nassar, but a whole broken legal system, a whole broken sports system and the fact that nobody listens to children. Why would children bring up this kind of abuse? There has to be something. Why would they know about this? Those are the biggest failures.
Bystanders and enablers need to be investigated, and there has to be some accountability, because if they're complicit in the perpetrator's act, they are equally punishable. They are co-conspirators.
In the Nassar case, there are a lot of documents and other things that were either hidden or destroyed. They have not come forward, so we may never know. I wish they would release the documents that they have so that we would know, and it would be an educational tool for all of us.
Again, that's why, when we have these investigations and when something happens, there has to be a full and complete investigation, so that we use these as teachable moments and we can continue to safeguard our children for future generations.