While court is adjourned until tomorrow in the Eaton County sentencing of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, but there is still news breaking around the case. The local police in Meridian Township convened a press conference Thursday afternoon apologize for their initial handling of allegations against Nassar by Brianne Randall-Gay in 2004. Randall-Gay, then…
Read moreAs of Wednesday, Larry Nassar is officially back in court—this time in Eaton County, Michigan—for yet another round of sentencing. Yes, Nassar has already been sentenced to 40-175 years in prison in Ingham County, but this new courtroom appearance relates to an entirely different case brought against the former USA Gymnastics doctor. The details of…
Read more“Leave your pain here and go out and do your magnificent things.” If you had asked me—a psychiatrist—who was most likely to say this to a survivor of sexual abuse, I would have said one of my mental health colleagues. But these were the words of a judge. Specifically, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who used her…
Read moreFollowing the sentencing on Wednesday of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics’ entire board of directors is resigning, according to an ESPN story published Saturday. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct and admitting he abused his position as a…
Read moreFacing down your sexual predator takes a strength, determination and grit that few people can understand. Just read what Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to come forward and publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual assault, had to do and you’ll see why. As Denhollander wrote in a powerful new op-ed for The New York Times,…
Read moreOn Wednesday, Larry Nassar — the former doctor for the American gymnastics team — was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for multiple sex crimes. The sentencing took a grueling seven-days and drew more than 150 young women to speak publicly about the abuse they suffered at his hands. Nassar was accused of…
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