As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested<br />Meanwhile, Ms. Nichols and Ms. Raisman continued their gymnastics pursuits — both competed at the P & G Championships in Indianapolis —<br />but they still had received no word from any law enforcement official about the allegations now lodged with the F. B.I.<br />The gymnastics officials provided the agents with contact information for three gymnasts: Ms. Nichols, Ms. Raisman<br />and someone emerging as the central complainant: McKayla Maroney, then 19, a retired Olympic gold medalist who by the summer of 2015 had become a minor celebrity, struggling in public to find her next purpose in life — a struggle she has since indicated was related to serious emotional issues stemming from the abuse.<br />While Mr. Manly — who represents Ms. Raisman, Ms. Nichols<br />and Ms. Maroney — applauded the diligence of Mr. Hess, he expressed amazement that so little had been done for so long.<br />According to a person close to the family, Ms. Raisman<br />and her mother, Lynn, repeatedly reached out to Mr. Penny to find out about the status of the federal investigation, only to be told that an F. B.I.
