Abusive doctor who shook the US assaulted in prison

Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison for sexual assault crimes, was allegedly stabbed. Two eyewitnesses, who did not ask to be named because they were not authorized to share details of the attack or the ongoing investigation, told reporters that Nassar was stabbed in the back and chest yesterday while arguing with an inmate at the federal prison where he was staying in the state of Florida.

Witnesses stated that Nassar’s condition is stable. On the other hand, it has been known that there are problems of shortage of personnel in the country’s federal prisons.

It was noted in the US media that an internal investigation was launched into the incident.

NASSAR CASE

Although allegations of sexual abuse began against Larry Nassar, a former US Olympic gymnastics team doctor and Michigan State University doctor, in 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation took months to begin, and the abusive doctor was only arrested in November 2016. .

While Nassar was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison for sexual misconduct in 2018, the same year the university agreed to pay plaintiffs $500 million, following a lawsuit brought by more than 300 women and girls for sexual abuse at the University. Michigan State.

Hundreds of women who were sexually abused by Nassar on December 14, 2021 have settled with the USA Gymnastics Federation for $380 million in compensation after 5 years of legal battle.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said he was “deeply sorry” for the delays in Nassar’s trial and the pain it caused.

Many athletes, who were exposed to Nassar’s sexual abuse, demanded compensation of more than $1 billion from the FBI on June 8, 2022, alleging that they did not take the necessary precautions. (AA)