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Her father made her apologize to the man who was molesting her. She was 6 when the family friend started abusing her in his basement, with both families in the house. At 12 she told her parents. They brought him over to talk to her. On her living room couch, he told her, "No one should ever do that, and if they do, you should tell someone." Her parents believed him. It should have been over right there. Instead, every time they fought, her father told her, "You need to apologize to Larry." Larry was Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. In the video below, Kyle Stephens faces him in court. "Well, Larry, I'm here not to tell someone, but to tell everyone." It got worse. At 14, his wife pressured her to babysit their kids. She did it for 7 years, because there were two little girls in that house and she wanted to protect them. Before college she told her father again. This time he believed her. In 2016 he took his own life. She says the shame of defending Nassar was part of it. He was first arrested on her charges. At his sentencing, 156 victims spoke. "Little girls don't stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world." Could you ever forgive parents who believed him over you?