"It’s one thing to disagree. It's another to use your platform to bully and demean," Skinner said in a public statement

Simone Biles faces backlash from her former Olympic teammate who accuses her of using her platform to demean Riley Gaines amid the ongoing trans athlete controversy.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has received a lot of backlash over the past week due to her feud with former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. Biles, an 11-time Olympic medalist, had an issue with Gaines calling out an alleged transgender athlete on a Minnesota high school softball team.