Survivors of Larry Nassar’s abuse continue to fight for justice. Thirteen survivors filed claims against the FBI this week for $10 million each — $130 million in total — for what they allege was a botched investigation into Nassar in 2015.
Nassar was convicted in 2018 after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct and is currently serving what is essentially a life sentence. He has been accused by over 500 women, many of whom claim that he used his position and power as a gymnastics doctor to sexually abused them. The case gained national attention, in part thanks to the Olympic gymnasts who accused him of abuse. (Among them were Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and Simone Biles.) Nassar’s abuse allegedly spanned decades, and his crimes have already led to multiple settlements from other agencies. In 2018, Michigan State University agreed to pay a $500 million settlement with 332 women and girls who accused the school, which employed Nassar, of failing to investigate complaints made against the doctor. In December of 2021, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement with over 500 gymnasts who were abused by Nassar. Now, it seems, it could be the FBI’s turn.
A Justice Department investigation concluded last year that FBI agent Michael Langeman and his boss, agent in charge Jay Abbott, had failed to respond to a 2015 allegation that Nassar was abusing gymnasts in his care “with the urgency that the...
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