The untold truth of Aly Raisman

Who doesn't like naps? We all do, and if you're like Raisman, you're thinking about taking one right now. 

"My teammates all joke, they call me 'grandma' because I love my sleep so much," the six-time Olympic medalist told People. 

Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that she became an ambassador for the online mattress company, Leesa, which is reportedly committed to giving back to those in need. According to a 2017 article in Fast Company, Leesa donates one mattress for every 10 sold. "The mattresses go to nonprofits that help house the homeless, so that when people stay at shelters, they have a new mattress to sleep on," Fast Company reported. Leesa also plants a tree for every single mattress sold. 

During the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Raisman acquired an adoring fan club, and Oakland Raiders' tight end Colton Underwood was one of its most ardent members.

According to Yahoo Sports!, he asked Raisman out on a date via a video message. Former Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, who just so happened to be the wife of one of Underwood's teammates, helped orchestrate the ask.

"Just wanted to congratulate you on all your success in the competitions and representing the USA over there," Underwood said in his video proposal. "If you're ever in San Jose and want to go on a double-date with me and Andrew and Shawn, let me know."

Underwood play call was apparently a good one because Raisman agreed. "@Colt3FIVE thanks for the sweet video.... looking forward to meeting you ," she tweeted in response. 

Unfortunately for Underwood, he was unable to stick the landing. Their relationship fizzled out six months later. "We're taking a break right now," he told the Journal Star. "We're still good friends and talk, but all that travel had been a nightmare." Though he admitted that the attention generated by his viral video "caused some strain," Underwood has no regrets. "It put a lot of pressure on us, sure, but we had fun with it. A lot of fun date nights," he said. "Those six months were great."

A day before Nassar's sentencing for sexual abuse, Indiana Congresswoman Susan Brooks tweeted a photo of herself with USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry. That photo op didn't sit well with Raisman, who took to Twitter to share her feelings about what she considered to be a tone-deaf post. 

"@susanWBrooks 2 tweet support to @usagym the day before his sentencing makes me sick," Raisman tweeted. "U obviously have not done ur research & taken the time to understand that @USAG enabled a pedophile for decades, the worst in the history of all sports. I ask you to stand with the survivors."

According to Fox59, Brooks' office released a statement explaining that "the meeting with the new USA Gymnastics president was about a shift in culture that would happen through the Protecting Young Victims From Sexual Abuse Act." NBC 13 in Indianapolis reported that a spokesperson for Brooks said that the "Congresswoman is proud to be leading this bipartisan effort in the House to make sure that young people in the future can pursue their Olympic dreams in a safer and healthier environment."

We guess time will tell. 

With a newfound sense of purpose, Raisman was all business in the courtroom. Looking Nassar directly in the eye, she began her emotional and powerful testimony. 

"I didn't think I would be here today. I was scared and nervous. It wasn't until I started watching the impact statements from the other brave survivors that I realized I, too, needed to be here," she said at the start of her blistering 13-minute statement. "Larry, you do realize now that we, this group of women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time, are now a force and you are nothing. The tables have turned, Larry. We are here. We have our voices, and we are not going anywhere. And now, Larry, it's your turn to listen to me."

When she concluded, the courtroom reportedly erupted in applause. Of all the standing ovations she has received throughout her career, the one she received in that courtroom was perhaps the most powerful of them all.

On ESPN's investigative series Outside the Lines, Raisman claimed USA Gymnastics ignored her sexual abuse allegations against Nassar and implied that the organization issued a thinly veiled threat to keep her silent. 

"I was told [by USA Gymnastics] to be quiet. And I think that when somebody in high power is telling you to be quiet, right when they realized you are abused, I think that that is a threat, and especially when their first concern should be to make sure I'm OK, to get information from me, to see if my other teammates were abused, to see what else I knew, to get to the bottom of it," she told host Bob Levy. "USA Gymnastics just said, 'We're handling this. We got this. Like, stop asking us questions. Don't talk about it because you're going to tip off the investigation.' So I didn't want to jeopardize anything. Come to find out, [USA Gymnastics] didn't report it right away."

When asked about USA Gymnastics' statement claiming to support "the young women who have courageously stepped forward," Raisman was having none of it. 

"Every single time they release a statement, it's basically the same thing, saying they care," she said. " "...I don't think they're sorry ... if they really cared, then there would be a lot of change. And there has not been enough change."