The definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history-with new details and insights in to the institutional failures, as well as the bravery that brought it to light.

For decades, osteopathic physician Larry Nassar built a sterling reputation as the go-to doctor for America’s Olympians while treating countless others at his office on Michigan State University’s campus. It had been largely within the high-pressure world of competitive gymnastics that Nassar about Begin by Believing: Larry Nassar’s Crimes, the Organizations that Enabled Him, and the Daring Ladies Who Stopped a Monster exploited young girls, who were otherwise motivated by dread and intimidation, sexually assaulting hundreds of them beneath the guise of medical treatment.

In Start by Thinking, John Barr and Dan Murphy confront Nassar’s acts, which represent the largest sex abuse scandal to impact the sporting world. Through never-before-released interviews and docs they deconstruct the epic institutional failures and people who enabled him. When warnings were raised, self-serving leaders thought we would protect their businesses’ reputations within the well-being of young people.

Following a paths journeyed by courageous women-featuring a once-shy Christian attorney and a brash, outspoken Olympic medalist-Barr and Murphy detail the stories of those who fought back against the dysfunction of their sports to declare a far-from-inevitable victory. The gymnasts’ unusual perseverance, combined with the help of devoted advocates brought thieves to justice and helped to gas the #MeToo trend.

Start by Believing reveals the win-at-all-costs lifestyle in top notch athletics and higher education that enabled a quarter hundred years of heinous offences.