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Simone Biles opens up about depression she suffered after being sexually abused

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(NEW YORK) — Simone Biles opened up about the depression she suffered after being sexually abused.

In the latest installment of the Facebook Watch docuseries “Simone vs Herself,” Biles said that for a period of time, she struggled to cope.

“I was so depressed,” she said. “I slept all the time, and it’s basically because sleeping was basically better than offing myself. It was like my way to escape reality. And sleeping was the closest thing to death for me at that point, so I just slept all the time.”

In 2018, Dr. Larry Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics

 
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