Larry Nassar victims' lead attorney criticizes USA Gymnastics trans athlete policy handling

Attorney John Manly, who helped secure a $380 million settlement for U.S. women's gymnasts like Simone Biles in the Larry Nassar scandal, compares USA Gymnastics' handling of that situation to its handling of trans athletes in the women's category.

The Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal became a sudden talking point amid the backlash against Simone Biles for defending trans athletes in women's sports. Some critics, including Biles' target in her social media rant Riley Gaines, pointed to the abuse perpetrated by Nassar while criticizing Biles' stance on trans athletes.

Then on Wednesday, a USA Gymnastics spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the organization's transgender eligibility policy and resources pages were deleted from its website in May, to "assess compliance with the current legal landscape."

The lead attorney for the U.S. women's gymnasts who were affected by Nassar, John Manly, weighed in on the comparisons between the Nassar abuse and biological male inclusion in women's sports. 

"Larry Nassar was sexually assaulting children, that's fundamentally different," Manly told Fox News Digital. 

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From left to right, U.S. Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols arrive to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 15, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS)

However, Manly believes that the leadership at USA Gymnastics and its method of deciding to allow trans athletes in the women's category is the same type of leadership method that allowed the Nassar