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29 Powerful Images From the Larry Nassar Trial That Define Bravery

For 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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Aly Raisman Releases Powerful Statement Following Nassar Sentencing: 'Today Was an Important Victory but There Is Still Work to Be Done'

On Wednesday, in a Michigan courtroom, hundreds of survivors of Larry Nassar’s criminal sexual misconduct got some form of justice when Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced the former USA Gymnastics team doctor to up to 175 years in prison. This on top of the 60 years in a federal prison he’d already received for child pornography…

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The Survivors of Larry Nassar, In Their Own Words

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…

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Judge Sentences Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 Years in Prison, Says, 'I've Just Signed Your Death Warrant'

Former 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…

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Aly Raisman Delivers Searing Testimony Against Larry Nassar

On 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…

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