MI - Former US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar Charged With CSA *Guilty*

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Gymnasts ask Congress to dissolve U.S. Olympic Committee over Nassar scandal (detroitnews.com)

Washington — Four world-class gymnasts are asking Congress to dissolve the the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee over the organization's mishandling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

In a letter to two U.S. senators, Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney and NCAA gymnast Maggie Nichols said they are making the request after "years of patience, deliberation and unrequited commitment to learn from our suffering and make amateur sports safe for future generations."

"We believe the board's past actions demonstrate an unwillingness to confront the endemic problems with abuse that athletes like us have faced and a continued refusal to pursue true and necessary reform of the broken Olympic system," they wrote...

 

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Nassar survivors overwhelmingly vote to accept settlement from USA Gymnastics

 

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Report: Nassar victims reach $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (clickondetroit.com)

The sexual abuse victims of national gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar have reached a settlement.

According to a report form the Wall Street Journal, USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement...

 

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Nassar victims reach $380 mln settlement with USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee -WSJ | Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and their insurers after a five-year legal battle, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

The settlement was confirmed during a hearing in a federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday, the newspaper said...

 

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USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims | AP News

The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over.

The fight for substantive change within the sport’s national governing body is just beginning.

A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the U.S. Olympic movement...

 

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USA Gymnastics, hundreds of sex abuse survivors reach $380M deal in Nassar case (nbcnews.com)

The settlement forces reforms on USA Gymnastics to prevent future abuse.

USA Gymnastics says it has reached a $380 million settlement with the sexual abuse survivors of former national team doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar.

The settlement is part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan confirmed Monday by a U.S. bankruptcy court in Indiana, debtors' administrators for USA Gymnastics said in a statement. A survivors committee approved the plan, they said.

The settlement orders USA Gymnastics to implement policies and processes to protect athletes from abuse, including having at least one survivor on the organization's board...

 

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Court vacates conviction of former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages (detroitnews.com)

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday vacated the conviction of former Michigan State University gymnastic coach Kathie Klages for lying to police after concluding her statements about not remembering a 1997 conversation were not material to a criminal investigation.

Klages was found guilty by a jury in February 2020 of two counts of lying to a peace officer during the 2018 investigation into the sexual assaults committed over decades by former MSU and USAG doctor Larry Nassar. Two gymnasts testified they told Klages about Nassar's abuse in 1997...

 

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Court upholds dismissal of charges against MSU's Simon, calls investigation a 'sham' (detroitnews.com)

An appellate panel Tuesday upheld 3-0 the dismissal of charges against former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon, with one justice calling the investigation into Simon following the Larry Nassar scandal a "sham."

The attorney general's office provided no evidence that Simon knew the details of a complaint against Nassar in 2014, the appellate panel said, so it's difficult to conclude she lied to police in 2018 when she told them she knew an MSU sports medicine doctor was "under review" but knew "nothing of substance" beyond that.

The brief majority decision was accompanied by a fiery concurrence from Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, an appointee of Democratic former Gov. Jennifer Granholm...

 

[Midge Montana]

So happy that Nassar and his accomplice John Geddert are locked up/dead on this Christmas Day. I hope their victims can finally celebrate.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

13 Nassar victims seeking $130M from FBI over bungled probe (clickondetroit.com)

DETROIT – Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking $10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.

It's an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after 2015. The Justice Department’s inspector general concluded last year that the FBI made fundamental errors when it became aware of allegations against Nassar that year.

Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including medal-winning Olympic gymnasts.

“We spend so much energy and resources encouraging children to come forward when they have been abused," attorney Jamie White said. "So the fact that people came forward to the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and were rebuffed — it’s a slap in the face.”...

Nassar victims file $10 million claims against FBI for 'gross negligence' (detroitnews.com)

 

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13 Nassar victims seeking $130M from FBI over bungled probe (clickondetroit.com)

DETROIT – Thirteen sexual assault victims of Larry Nassar are seeking $10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday.

It's an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after 2015. The Justice Department’s inspector general concluded last year that the FBI made fundamental errors when it became aware of allegations against Nassar that year.

Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including medal-winning Olympic gymnasts.

“We spend so much energy and resources encouraging children to come forward when they have been abused," attorney Jamie White said. "So the fact that people came forward to the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and were rebuffed — it’s a slap in the face.”...

Nassar victims file $10 million claims against FBI for 'gross negligence' (detroitnews.com)

They deserve every single penny and more.

 

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Justice Dept. won't charge FBI agents accused of botching Nassar case

The decision marks the third time that federal prosecutors examined whether a senior FBI official and a case agent should be charged with lying about their work on the Nassar case.

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Two former FBI agents accused of mishandling sex-abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will not be charged with a crime, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

In a statement, officials said after a "careful re-review of evidence," the department "is adhering to its prior decision not to bring federal criminal charges," adding: "This does not in any way reflect a view that the investigation of Nassar was handled as it should have been, nor in any way reflects approval or disregard of the conduct of the former agents."

The decision marks the third time that federal prosecutors examined whether a senior FBI official and a case agent should be charged with lying about their work on the Nassar case. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco opened the review after several world-famous gymnasts in September gave tearful testimony to Congress, describing in horrifying detail the abuse they endured and their incredulity over the FBI's decision not to further investigate Nassar after the allegations against him first surfaced...

 

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Simone Biles, others seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar

DETROIT (AP) — Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor Larry Nassar , lawyers said Wednesday.

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Nassar victims, including Simone Biles, allege FBI failed to protect them, seek $1B-plus

Dozens say they were assaulted 'due to FBI's failure' to properly respond to complaints, lawyers said. The FBI has acknowledged agents failed to appropriately respond.

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Alleging the FBI mishandled its investigation into sexual abuse allegations against Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar, some of gymnastics’ biggest names have filed claims seeking more than $1 billion against the bureau, attorneys announced Wednesday.

Dozens of women, including world-renowned athletes such as Simone Biles, allege they were among those assaulted “due to the FBI’s failure to take required steps to protect them,” their lawyers said in a statement Wednesday.

Along with Biles, the Nassar victims filing the latest claims include Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney as well as NCAA gymnast Maggie Nichols.

They join a group of victims who filed administrative claims under the Federal Tort Claim Act in April...

Simone Biles, other women seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor.

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Olympic stars among 90 women asking $1 billion from FBI for botching Nassar abuse case

The majority of the claimants say Nassar abused them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015.

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A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s mishandling of its investigation into sexual abuse by former U.S. Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar.

The majority of the claimants say Nassar abused them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015, during a yearlong period in which no meaningful investigative action was taken and Nassar continued to sexually abuse young women and children. Many are athletes who were associated with the USA Gymnastics program or with Michigan State University, where Nassar maintained a clinic.

The Justice Department announced just before the Memorial Day weekend that the individual FBI agents whom the inspector general identified as responsible for the failure of the investigation — and for subsequent attempts to mislead investigators for the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General — would not face charges...

 

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Olympic stars among 90 women asking $1 billion from FBI for botching Nassar abuse case

The majority of the claimants say Nassar abused them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015.

www.nbcnews.com

A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s mishandling of its investigation into sexual abuse by former U.S. Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar.

The majority of the claimants say Nassar abused them after his abuse was reported to the FBI in 2015, during a yearlong period in which no meaningful investigative action was taken and Nassar continued to sexually abuse young women and children. Many are athletes who were associated with the USA Gymnastics program or with Michigan State University, where Nassar maintained a clinic.

The Justice Department announced just before the Memorial Day weekend that the individual FBI agents whom the inspector general identified as responsible for the failure of the investigation — and for subsequent attempts to mislead investigators for the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General — would not face charges...

Not the F B I !!???
Say it isn't so...

 

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Larry Nassar loses last appeal in sexual assault scandal

The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists.

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DETROIT – The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists.

Attorneys for Nassar said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a new hearing, based on vengeful remarks by a judge who called him a “monster” who would “wither” in prison like the wicked witch in “The Wizard of Oz.”...

Michigan Supreme Court rejects Larry Nassar's appeal

The Michigan Supreme Court rejected an appeal by serial sex offender Larry Nassar about the conduct of Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.

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The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected hearing an appeal from serial sex offender Larry Nassar, concluding that the case presented a "close question" regarding the conduct of Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina during his sentencing.

"I just signed your death warrant," Aquilina said at sentencing in January 2018.

"We are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this court," according to the high court's opinion...

 

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On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Janet Neff ruled Nassar had no grounds to appeal in his federal case on claims of ineffective counsel among other issues.

“…Defendant’s attorneys did not render ineffective assistance of counsel,” Neff wrote, noting a statement she made when she sentenced him in 2018.

 

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Former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison: Source

Larry Nassar, a former USA gymnastics team doctor, was assaulted in prison overnight, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

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The extent of Nassar's injuries is unknown, but he is in stable condition, according to sources.