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Scandal and

justice: SENT

#MeToo
sports world PACKING
reached the

in 2018

By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports
Writer
One by one they came for-
ward, more than 150 in all.
Fearful yet defiant. Vulner-
able but resolute, buoyed
by the hope of catharsis
and the promise of justice.
Standing in a Michigan
courtroom last January,
women and girls sexu-
ally abused by Larry Nas-
sar confronted the former
Michigan State University
and USA Gymnastics doc-
tor, and over seven drain-
ing days detailed the dev-
astating effect the moles-
tation had on their lives.
The #MeToo movement
reached the sports world
in 2018 with a scandal that
reverberated not just in
locker rooms and gyms but
in courthouses, in board-
rooms and at kitchen ta-
bles. The sight of women
being not just heard but
believed — combined with
other breakthroughs for fe-
male athletes in the fight
for fair treatment — creat-
ed a sense of real momen-
tum in sports over the past
year.
Female athletes “are tak-
ing control, and that’s
what it’s all about,” tennis
star Serena Williams said. Green Bay rallies to be
“Taking control of who you
are.”
While 2017 brought the the Jets 44-38 in overtime
downfall of TV personali-
ties Matt Lauer and Char-
lie Rose and Hollywood Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams (17) makes
mogul Harvey Weinstein, a game-winning touchdown catch in front of New York Jets
scandal in the sports world cornerback Morris Claiborne during overtime of an NFL football
that had been brewing
for a few years blew up in game, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Packers
2018 into shocking front- won 44-38 in overtime.
page news. Associated Press
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