Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney sues USA Gymnastics for 'hypocritical, immoral' behavior

McKayla Maroney.
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Former Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney filed a lawsuit in a California court Wednesday claiming that USA Gymnastics forced her into signing a nondisclosure agreement last year, NBC News reports. The NDA — which Maroney's lawyer called "hypocritical, immoral, and in this case illegal" — was reportedly part of a financial settlement over alleged sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

The money Maroney received in the settlement was disbursed so she could receive psychological care after the abuse. The lawsuit claims Maroney is "gripped by depression and anxiety" as a result of the alleged mistreatment by Nassar, NBC News writes. Maroney's lawsuit also alleges that her NDA was part of a greater plan by USA Gymnastics to silence Nassar's victims and let him "quietly leave" the organization without public scrutiny.

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Kelly O'Meara Morales

Kelly O'Meara Morales is a staff writer at The Week. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and studied Middle Eastern history and nonfiction writing amongst other esoteric subjects. When not compulsively checking Twitter, he writes and records music, subsists on tacos, and watches basketball.