The Hand That Broke Trust

The Hand That Broke Trust

Rarely has the cover of a book haunted me like this one. The tiny profiles of girls in ponytails lined up in rows looked like a protective screen hiding the face of a woman and kept me looking at it before I dared to open the book. Denhollander’s exposé of the abuse and cover-up of Michigan State University osteopath Larry Nassar was familiar so I knew what I would be facing. The public exposure of Larry Nassar began in August 2016 when Denhollander responded by email to a news story in the IndyStar of how USA Gymnastics failed to report sexual abuse cases.That story provided the moment that Denhollander had been waiting for to report Nassar’s abuse.