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Alleged victim of Larry Nassar says she told gymnastics coach about sexual assault

MASON, Mich. -- A woman who has accused former Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar of sexually assaulting her added a new name to the list of authority figures who allegedly ignored complaints about Nassar.

Testifying in a Michigan district court Friday morning, Rachael Denhollander, 32, described for almost two hours an escalating series of sexual assaults that occurred when she was 15 years old at the hands of Nassar, a former team doctor for Michigan State and USA Gymnastics.

Denhollander became one of the first women to publicly accuse Nassar of assault in August through a story in the Indianapolis Star.