This week, more than 150 women—including Olympians Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney— testified in the Larry Nassar trial that Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor, sexually abused them. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday, bringing the trial to an end, but the testimony from that…
Read moreFor decades, internationally respected sports medicine physician Larry Nassar sexually abused at least 150 girls and young women under the guise of providing medical treatment for their sports injuries. He exploited the trust children are taught to place, unquestioningly, in doctors, “treating” them as a physician at Michigan State University, at a private gymnastics gym,…
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On Wednesday, one chapter closed in what many are calling the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of American sports. Larry Nassar—the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, as well as a practitioner at the Michigan State University sports medicine clinic—was sentenced to 40 to 175 years behind bars in an Ingham County, Michigan…
Read moreFormer USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. On Wednesday Judge Rosemarie Aquilina who has been presiding over the entirety of the Nassar hearing since its inception, made the announcement in a Lansing, Michigan, court on Wednesday after hearing statements from more than 150 women and girls…
Read moreOn Friday, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman delivered a searing victim impact statement at Larry Nassar’s sentencing hearing that ended with the entire courtroom applauding her powerful words. The gymnast had announced on Monday that she would not be delivering testimony at the hearing, but stated that she changed her mind after watching the impact…
Read moreOn Monday, the 2016 Rio Olympics four-time gold medalist Simone Biles alleged on Twitter that she too was sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar, a USA Gymnastics team doctor who allegedly attacked more than 130 women, including Team USA Olympian McKayla Maroney and Biles’ fellow “Final Five” Rio teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. In a…
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