Lawrence Gerard Nassar is a convicted serial child molester and a former USA Gymnastics national team doctor and osteopathic physician at Michigan State University. Nassar's cumulative sexual assault crimes were the basis of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, in which he was accused of assaulting at least 250 young women and girls and one young man, dating back to 1992. His victims included numerous Olympic and United States women's national gymnastics team gymnasts, and he has admitted to 10 of those accusations. In July 2017, Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. On January 24, 2018, Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in a Michigan state prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of minors. On February 5, 2018, he was sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison after pleading guilty to an additional three counts of sexual assault. His state prison sentences are to run consecutively with his federal sentence.
Simone Biles is demanding answers after it was reported USA Gymnastics never investigated or asked if she had been abused by Larry Nassar. Biles was among the first to raise alarms about the former.. CBS News - Published
Simone Biles wasn’t at first told about the investigation into her team’s doctor, Larry Nassar. The Olympic gold medalist wasn’t told for more than a year after she spoke about the doctor...
Attorney suing USA Gymnastics for failing to protect female athletes believes every Olympic team since 1996 has had members abused by Dr. Lawrence Nassar. Dr. Jon LaPook reports. CBS News - Published
After revealing that she had been sexually abused by U.S. national team doctor Larry Nassar, Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman has called for changes in her sport's governing body, USA Gymnastics CBS News - Published
USA Gymnastics has overhauled leadership in wake of Larry Nassar abuse, and revamped safe sport policies with suggestions from survivors.
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The annual Clery Act report, which is mandated by the federal government, includes more than 1,000 rapes — most attributed to Larry Nassar.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the penalty and said Nassar's actions and university's response were "disgusting and unimaginable" CBS News - Published
The U.S. Department of Education has imposed a record $4.5 million fine on Michigan State University for what it called a failure to protect students from sexual abuse and ordered the university to.. Reuters - Published
The Education Department announced a $4.5 million fine for Michigan State University over the Larry Nassar scandal and ordered an overhaul of its handling of sexual assault. NYTimes.com - Published
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar doesn’t remember abusing Rachael Denhollander. But the first survivor to speak out, he’ll always know her.
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Dr. Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing gymnasts like Jeanette Antolin, who says he built trust with girls by giving them candy CBS News - Published
Simone Biles broke down in tears Wednesday, blaming team officials for failing to protect her and her teammates from sex predator Larry Nassar, the former team doctor. Dr. Jon LaPook reports. CBS News - Published
Jurors found that William Strampel used his power as dean of MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine to proposition and control female medical students.
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William Strampel, 71, was ordered Wednesday to serve up to a year in jail after being convicted of neglect of duty and misconduct in office after claims he sexually assaulted students CBS News - Published
Lou Anna Simon, who faces criminal charges that she lied about her knowledge of Lawrence G. Nassar’s sexual abuse, has denied any wrongdoing. NYTimes.com - Published
Senators: Nassar survivors' courage should inspire passage of our proposals to empower athletes and fix the broken institutions meant to protect them.
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