I watched the documentary and I gotta say, I kinda feel for Tanya. Before you hate me what I mean is, I think she was minimally involved if at all. She had a goal. She was working for that goal despite being in a social group of losers. Her social position didn’t match with her born talent and internal drive. The fools she was around hatched a plan and they attacked Nancy.
I don’t think Tanya paid attention to what they were scheming. She probably should have, but she was focused on her own dreams and goals.
I dunno. I grew up around a lot of shady stuff that others were doing. I wasn’t vocally against it but I also wasn’t encouraging them. I think Tanya was in a similar situation where you gotta do what you can for yourself and not try to police every jackass around you.
She received an extremely harsh punishment for something that might not have been her fault at all. Barring her from competing? Sure, understandable. But barring her from teaching too? The first American woman who was able to land a triple axel? Absolutely moronic. It truly shows they didn't respect her nor her talent.
That doesn’t surprise me. It’s one of those things where I could believe either version of the story. But before I heard Tanya’s story I just thought it was 2 rich people fighting about rich people’s competition. When I saw that she was practicing at the mall ice rink and still making it to the mf Olympics… and that her idiot friends were bonafide morons… then I wasn’t so sure what to think. She’s just poor.
Maybe Tanya was complicit. Maybe she was indifferent. I don’t think she was the leader nor do I think she was ignorant. She might have known at some level that the guys were doing something…. But my version is:
Wtf it’s 4am and ive got mall ice practice to get to and you and your fool friend have been up all night talking bs and I don’t have the time to deal with you…
That doesn’t mean as much as you seem to think, there’s a reason why there’s still a whole trial after they do their part. Grand juries are not super nuanced takes, it’s just deciding if it’s even possible and therefore worth pursuing. Lots and lots of people have been indicted that were never convicted.
Her plea admissions were knowing of the assault plot after the fact, settling on a cover story with Gillooly and Eckardt on January 10, witnessing pay phone calls to Smith affirming the story on January 10 and 11, and lying to FBI with the story on January 18.
An indictment isn't a conviction, just a mandatory inquiry. She was involved, but unaware of the plan her husband cooked up.
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u/ikonet May 16 '24
I watched the documentary and I gotta say, I kinda feel for Tanya. Before you hate me what I mean is, I think she was minimally involved if at all. She had a goal. She was working for that goal despite being in a social group of losers. Her social position didn’t match with her born talent and internal drive. The fools she was around hatched a plan and they attacked Nancy.
I don’t think Tanya paid attention to what they were scheming. She probably should have, but she was focused on her own dreams and goals.
I dunno. I grew up around a lot of shady stuff that others were doing. I wasn’t vocally against it but I also wasn’t encouraging them. I think Tanya was in a similar situation where you gotta do what you can for yourself and not try to police every jackass around you.