A male gymnast has joined the hundreds of young women who have accused disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual misconduct.
18-year-old Jacob Moore is a freshman at the University of Michigan. He first connected with Nasser two years ago when he went to see him with a shoulder injury.
In a shocking new interview with NBC News, he claims during the course of his treatment, Nasser performed acupuncture on his pubic area then asked a female gymnast who was also present if she’s ever seen “a male body part.”
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“I wasn’t a dumb kid,” Moore, who was 16 at the time of the abuse, says. “I knew what medical practices were, and that one was out of the ordinary.
He adds, “I felt very uncomfortable.”
Moore’s sister Kameron was also one of Nassar’s alleged victims. She actually provided testimony at the disgraced doctor’s sentencing back in January, where she mentioned Jacob.
“Me and my sister shouldn’t be able to relate over the fact that we’ve both been abused,” he says. “I hope he rots in hell.”
Nassar was sentenced to a maximum of 175 years in prison.
Watch.
“I hope he rots in hell.” Jacob Moore, first male Nassar victim, speaks out and files suit against disgraced doctor pic.twitter.com/QvLXQxE2pN
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 6, 2018
Related: This young man is doing his part to break down the stigma that still surrounds male sexual assault
ChrisK
I’m sure he deserves his prison time but I’m not sure how acupuncture on the pubic area makes for a sexual assault since it’s not uncommon for treatment.
jrbimmer
He was there for his shoulder so it would be considered uncommon as there is no connection to the genital area.
mhoffman953
>Doc, my shoulder hurts…
>Oh yeah? Drop your pants and let’s see what’s wrong…
startenout
Is it common treatment to have another gymnast patient in the room while providing acupuncture on the pubic area for a shoulder injury and asking her to look at his penis? Clearly I am not as versed in current medical trends as you are.
Bob LaBlah
@startenout……………it seems hard to believe something didn’t click in any of their minds, huh? First of all why would you allow an Arab to perform a Chinese medical treatment which involves being stuck with needles and one wrong stick could render you a eunuch (or you may as well be one). If that procedure was necessary and as many of them that are here in America I don’t see why a Chinese acupuncturist wasn’t recommended. And secondly I say something is wrong with this kid for going along with that. This proves what I have been saying all along these kids are no longer taught common sense or simply how to think for themselves and develop a spider-sense, shall we say. He brings in a female to watch and she renders NO assistance during this process but still he sat there and let this arab sexual Dr. Mengele do his procedure? And his shoulder still hurt afterward? Lord, I ask you.
Brian
You sure are bringing a lot of race into a story that has absolutely nothing to do with race.
Also? Get out of the stone ages, plenty of non Chinese people are quite skilled acupuncturists.
Bryguyf69
The Queerty headline is wrong. He never accused Nassar of assaulting him. He’s accusing Nassar of using him as a sex toy to titillate the female gymnast that was in the room. It’s like showing porn to a minor, which is often part of the grooming process, with Jacob being the porn. In other words, there is no implication that Nassar was gay or bisexual. In the full interview, he also said that he later researched acupuncture and saw no relationship between the groin and shoulders (the so-called meridians).
Billy Budd
The boy is extremely cute. The girl who was present at the molestation session must have felt privileged to see his “body part”.
JohnnyCockets
And then there’s this guy
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Ugh. The degeneracy is strong in this one
Clay83
That’s gross! You are disgusting getting turned on by a teenager getting abused
ChrisK
You must be new. Billy Budd is our well known boy lover ie pedo.
Brody
I’m having a little trouble classifying “acupuncture near the groin area” as a sexual assault.
Sounds to me like this guy wants in on the inevitable windfalls from lawsuits (or maybe he’s taking a page from the Kenworthy-Rippon Handbook and is looking for any shred of recognition he can find).
DCguy
Really? Ok, so let me know the next time you go in for a shoulder injury and an MD gives you acupuncture in your groin. ESPECIALLY since he was an MD, and a sports Doctor, not an herbalist or an acupuncturist.
But oh….wait, that’s right, you’re one of the troll screenames, so you’re just using this post as an excuse to attack the two out gay Olympians. Sorry my mistake.
miserylovedme24
I’m skeptical like you are. It just seems very odd that this guy abused all these girls and now suddenly he did a male too? That doesn’t really make much sense. It does seem more like he just wants in on the whole thing.
Bob LaBlah
Brody, between you and I it sounds like this guy got smart and figured a way to not only pay for college but also a new corvette to go with it. I would have done the same thing had the opportunity knocked. Back in my day people didnt do things like this and college was affordable.
JamJewel
That’s the problem/issue with acupuncture, tho: the pressure point is often somewhere other than where the soreness is. So a pressure point inside the groin MAY be correct for the shoulder… how do you know? You basically only have the acupuncturist’s word for it! Which is why it can be a big time scam.
startenout
So you believe that acupuncture on the pubic area for a shoulder injury in front of another patient and asking her to look at his penis is not a sexual assault. So, if they say something, they are in the wrong and if they don’t say something soon enough for your taste, they are in the wrong. Hmmmm…I wonder why more male rape victims don’t come forward.
markinwashington
In other words— it sounds like something Brody himself would do… lmao
Clay83
From the sounds of your reply you condone the actions of this sicko! You should be monitored
Brody
Clay83 –
How in the holy phuck did my comment imply I was condoning the perv’s actions?
Lacuevaman
it’s more like sexual battery. and I agree completely with Kenworthy-Rippon comment. that Rippon looked like a GD idiot at the oscars. I bet you he’s a nasty queen in real life.
Bryguyf69
The Queerty headline is wrong. He never accused Nassar of assaulting him. He’s accusing Nassar of using him as a sex toy to titillate the female gymnast that was in the room. It’s like showing porn to a minor, which is often part of the grooming process, with Jacob being the porn. In other words, there is no implication that Nassar was gay or bisexual. In the full interview, he also said that he later researched acupuncture and saw no relationship between the groin and shoulders (the so-called meridians).
crowebobby
How much did Dr. Love have to manipulate Jacob’s genitals to find the acupuncture points is the question. And I’m sure Jake was a lot prettier than most girls at 16
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
And yet ^THESE are the comments that don’t get removed! SMH
chris33133
I guess this depends on how much of the kid’s “groin area” was exposed and what bits/part of that area got manhandled (so to speak) in the process of these activities. Also, I don’t know if there are any therapeutic benefits for the shoulder by conducting acupuncture in that area. So for now, I’m willing to believe that the doctor’s actions crossed a line.
Bryguyf69
The Queerty headline is wrong. He never accused Nassar of assaulting him. He’s accusing Nassar of using him as a sex toy to titillate the female gymnast that was in the room. It’s like showing porn to a minor, which is often part of the grooming process, with Jacob being the porn. In other words, there is no implication that Nassar was gay or bisexual. In the full interview, he also said that he later researched acupuncture and saw no relationship between the groin and shoulders (the so-called meridians).
o.codone
Kid’s full of shit.
tham
How Nasser was able to do that for 22 years kind of eludes me.
He’s just an average kinesiologist. Practically every college athlete graduates as one.
Clay83
Wow a lot of the men on this site are absolutely perverted, this young man was abused and you seem to think its a time to perv over it and almost want to take part! It’s no wonder gay men have such a bad rep
tham
No they’re just trolls. In the last 3 years, about 90% (no joke) are trolls (mostly Russian if not all).
It is what it is…I think it’s kind of cute…thinking that they can change gays into their image.