Larry Nassar, 58, is serving a life sentence.
The victims of the former doctor of the United States women’s gymnastics team Larry Nassar will receive 380 million dollars, according to the agreement reached with the Federation of Gymnastics, the Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and their insurers, it was reported this Monday.
This settlement, entered into in federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis, is one of the largest in history for victims of sexual abuse in the United States and ends a five-year legal battle.
Larry Nassar, 58, is serving a life sentence after being sentenced to several severe sentences in 2017 and 2018 for sexual assaults on more than 250 gymnasts, mostly minors, committed at the USA Gymnastic Federation. , at Michigan State University and at a gym in Lansing where he worked.
Simone Biles will testify on the role of the FBI in the case of sexual abuser Larry Nassar before the US Senate.
The compensation to be paid is one of the largest ever awarded to victims of sexual assault, after the $ 500 million that Michigan State University pledged to pay in 2018 to more than 300 victims.
Among those affected are Olympic gold winners Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, who had testified at a US Senate hearing in September.
They not only described the abuse suffered to the Senate, but also blamed USA Gymnastic officials, the USOPC and the FBI for inaction to prevent the abuses committed by Nassar.
This landmark agreement ends another chapter in the Larry Nassar scandal. The survivors have now received a total of 880 million in compensation for their pain and suffering at the hands of this monster, ”John responded. C. Manly, attorney representing victims.
“There is still a chapter to write, the criminal prosecution of the FBI agents who failed to investigate and arrest Nassar, as well as USA Gymnastics and members of the USOPC who conspired with them to obstruct the investigation,” concluded Manly.
Simone Biles and other gymnasts who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar were highly critical of the FBI and sports authorities
Rachael Denhollander, who in 2016 was the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar, welcomed the deal: “This chapter is finally closed. Now the hard work of reform and reconstruction can begin. Whether justice is served or not, and the change is made, depends on what happens next. “
USA Gymnastic filed for bankruptcy in 2018, drowned out by a slew of lawsuits filed by Nassar’s victims.
The agreement this Monday could be reached after the insurance company TIG agreed to pay a “substantial part” of the compensation.
The deal includes a $ 34 million payment directly from the USOPC, as well as a $ 6 million loan from the USOPC to USA Gymnastics.
Finally, as part of the agreement, a victim of these sexual assaults will be appointed to the board of directors of the American Gymnastics Federation. (I)
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