The Right Thing: Confronting my abuser
Presenter
Mike Wooldridge
TX Date
2nd Nov 2025
Producer
Alex Strangwayes-Booth
Executive Producer
Anna Stewart
Quotes
"Another outstanding programme"
Simon Pitts, Commissioning Editor, BBC World Service
Rachael Denhollander was a teenager when she went to see women’s Olympic gymnast team doctor, Larry Nasser, for treatment. He was the go-to practioner for sports related injuries but saw many women and girls outside of the sport as well.
She and her mother believed Nasser would be giving her legitimate pelvic floor therapy for an injury. They soon realised this was not the case but felt unable to challenge someone who was so revered by the sports establishment.
Mike Wooldridge hears the extraordinary story of Rachael’s fight for justice, sixteen years later, and how her decision to go public with her accusations led to hundreds of other women coming forward, and eventually to Nasser’s imprisonment for life.