Aly Raisman describes Rachael Denhollander’s ‘courage and conviction’ in ‘Time’
Denhollander was named to the '2018 Time 100 List of the World's Most Influential People.'
Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse former USA gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, was named one of Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’ for 2018 on Thursday. It was Needham native Aly Raisman who wrote of the lawyer and former gymnast’s significance. Raisman, who delivered her own victim impact statement during Nassar’s sentencing, praised Denhollander for her strength. “None of us could have anticipated or prepared for the onslaught of emotions we’d experience just by being in that courtroom,” Raisman wrote for Time. “It was overwhelming. And yet Rachael was there for each court session of that sentencing, each impact statement and each fellow survivor. This show of courage and conviction inspired many people to feel less like victims and more like survivors.” Read Raisman’s full piece about Denhollander in Time.
