Dallas gymnast Kennedy Baker said Larry Nassar helped kill her Olympic dreams.

Baker on Wednesday became the latest gymnast to allege sexual abuse by Nassar, the longtime USA Gymnastics doctor who is now serving a decades-long prison sentence for child pornography and sexual assault convictions.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Baker, 22, a former member of the national team, alleges that USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee failed to prevent Nassar’s sexual abuse. Nassar and Steve Penny, the former president of USA Gymnastics, are also named as defendants in the civil suit, which was filed in Superior Court in Santa Clara County, Calif. The state was among those in which Baker alleges she was abused.

USA Gymnastics, the sport's governing body that selects and trains gymnasts for championship events, said Wednesday, "USA Gymnastics does not comment on pending litigation."

The U.S. Olympic Committee, in Colorado Springs, did not respond immediately to emails and phone calls requesting comment. Penny also did not respond Wednesday to a voicemail left on his home phone requesting comment.

Baker said in an interview that she blames her failure to make the Olympic team, in part, on falling off the balance beam during 2012 Olympic Trials because she was nervous after receiving treatment — which she now regards as molestation — by Nassar 30 minutes earlier.

“I was at my peak and at such a close point, and I barely missed it,” Baker said.

Kennedy Baker performs her floor exercise routine during the 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth. (Tony Gutierrez / AP)

Baker started in gymnastics at 4 and moved to Dallas with her family from Memphis, Tenn., when she was 11 to train at Texas Dreams in Coppell under coach Kim Zmeskal. Baker said she had no problems with the gym and the coach. "Kim was awesome," she said.

Baker was a member of USA Gymnastics from 2004 to 2014. She was a U.S. national team member from 2012 to 2014.

Baker said that Nassar assaulted her while she was on the national team. She alleged that the abuse started during her first visit with Nassar when she was in her mid-teens at the 2011 U.S. Championships in St. Paul, Minn.

According to the lawsuit, "At the very first visit, Dr. Nassar sexually abused Ms. Baker by touching her vagina without the use of gloves, without lubricants, without her consent, and without any chaperone present."

The lawsuit says Baker was treated by Nassar on six total occasions over two years at USA Gymnastics-sponsored competitions and training camps, including the 2012 Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif. Baker "believes she was assaulted by Dr. Nassar on every one" of her treatments, the lawsuit states.

Baker sought treatment from Nassar for injuries to her knee and leg muscles, according to the lawsuit, which also stated, “her vaginal area had no physiological or other medical relation to her injury.”

“Yet, Dr. Nassar performed vulgar massages of her private parts under the guise of ‘medical treatment,’” the lawsuit states. “While molesting Ms. Baker, Dr. Nassar would sweat profusely and pant.”

Baker told The Dallas Morning News that after her first treatment with Nassar, "I was weirded out," she said. "I thought, 'That can't be normal.' "

But Baker said she didn’t initially speak out because she couldn’t believe that someone of Nassar’s stature would do something wrong.

Hundreds of women and girls eventually accused Nassar of molesting them during medical treatment when he worked for Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics. Nassar pleaded guilty to assaulting seven people in Michigan. Other accusers — famed Olympic gymnasts among them — confronted him at his sentencing hearing.

Baker — who went to Lakeland Christian Academy in Lewisville and graduated in June from the University of Florida — said hearing the testimony of other gymnasts prompted her to file the lawsuit and “be part of the change.”

“It’s important to change the whole culture to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” Baker said. “If my story can help, then that’s why I want to come forward.”

Michelle Simpson Tuegel, a Dallas-based attorney representing Baker, said the U.S. Olympic Committee bears responsibility for Nassar’s abuse because “Kennedy was abused by Nassar at the Olympic Team Trials, which is clearly a USOC event.”

The lawsuit also states that either of the two organizations could have ordered Nassar’s dismissal: “USAG could have fired Dr. Nassar before the sexual abuse of Ms. Baker occurred, and USOC could have caused USAG to fire Dr. Nassar.”

Nassar worked for USA Gymnastics from 1986 to 2015 in various capacities, including as its national medical director. “For over 20 years, Dr. Nassar had unfettered access to young girl athletes through his involvement with USAG and USOC, who referred athletes to his care.”

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly called RICO, and alleges that “each of the defendants engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity including sexual exploitation, abuse, and trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit such acts.”