2023-07-10 18:04:35
Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, convicted of sexually abusing hundreds of underage athletes, was stabbed in the Coleman II federal prison in Florida as reported by the television channel NBC News, and according to the first information, he is stable and his life is not in danger.
The US Bureau of Prisons. he confirmed that on Sunday a prisoner was stabbed in that federal prison, but for privacy reasons he said he could not provide the name of the victim.
Nassar, a union leader for the employees of the company told NBC News. coleman ii prisonin west-central Florida, was stabbed in the neck, chest and back, resulting in a collapsed lung. Joe Rojas, president of the Local 506 union, asserted that his condition is stable. The attack occurred on Saturday night and no one else was injured.
Lawrence Gerard Nassar59 years old and whose release from prison is scheduled for 2068, according to his prison file, he worked as a doctor in the usa sports gymnastics team for 18 years and also served in the University of Michigan.
He was sentenced in several trials in 2017 and 2018 to prison terms that together are equivalent to life imprisonment, for sexual abuse of underage athletes and possession of child pornography.
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In 2022 several American Olympic gymnasts, including medalist Simone Bilesthey claimed more than a billion dollars in compensation to the FBI for not stopping Larry Nassar.
Earlier, in April 2022, 13 alleged victims of abuse of Nassar they had claimed $130 million from the FBI for failing to investigate allegations of sexual abuse against the doctor.
In 2013, the united states gymnastics federation informed the federal agency that three athletes had declared that they were abused by Nassarbut the FBI decided not to conduct a formal investigation.
The doctor was arrested in 2016 after an investigation by the Michigan State University Police, where Nassar was practicing medicine.
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The University agreed in May 2018 to pay $500 million in compensation to the more than 300 women who have accused Nassar of abuse.
In December 2021, the gymnasts also reached a $380 million settlement with the federation and the US Olympic Committee.
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