Former U.S. gymnastics doctor and convicted child molester Larry Nassar was reportedly stabbed multiple times Sunday night in a federal prison in Florida.- Yep! This sick-o man, who went to my high school long before I went there- North Farmington High School... has made the news today. Only a handful of victims have been named and I am sure that the list is longer but most have forgotten or wanted to forget. In the 1990s, we were told to let go of the trauma and move on. I have a story about Mr. Nassar that I will share in my podcast- it is a "Vague" story that I swear he came back to my high school for the annual physicals we had if we were doing sports back in 1994/95 school year. I have asked my friends if they remember and of course it it too long ago. I could be wrong, but I remember feeling uneasy around this man and I remember he was a alumni in gymnastics.
In fact I also remember in front of the gym, the 'Trophy" case, his photo with his teammates were there. I have a good visual memory, I remember more than a lot of people. Heck I can remember conversations I had with people 20+ years ago.
Sources told the Associated Press and ABC News that Nassar was in an altercation at United States Penitentiary Coleman, and the extent of his injuries is unknown, but he is now in stable condition. Nassar was stabbed in the back and the chest, according to one source. The prison housing the infamous doctor had staffing shortages, and one person familiar with the matter said the officers assigned to Nassar’s unit were working mandated overtime shifts.
Nassar, who treated some of the most well-known figures on the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastic team, will spend the rest of his life in federal prison after more than 150 women and girls accused him of sexually abusing them over a period of 20 years. The former doctor who worked at Michigan State University admitted to using his medical position to molest girls. A total of 156 victims spoke out against Nassar in court, including high-profile athletes such as McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, and Rachael Denhollander, who was the first to come forward detailing Nassar’s crimes in 2016.
Around 90 of the women abused by Nassar, including gold medalist Biles, sued the FBI for $1 billion last year for its failure to stop Nassar. The Department of Justice acknowledged that FBI agents knew as early as 2015 that Nassar was accused of assaulting gymnasts, but they took no action and his assault on girls and young women he treated for the USA Gymnastics Team continued for more than a year.
USA Gymnastics officials told local FBI agents in 2015 that three gymnasts claimed Nassar had assaulted them while serving as team doctor. But the FBI did not open a formal investigation or inform federal or state authorities in Michigan, where Nassar was employed at Michigan State University, according to the DOJ’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz. Agents in Los Angeles began a sexual tourism investigation against Nassar a year later, but also failed to alert Michigan authorities, Horowitz found. Nassar was finally arrested in late 2016 during an investigation by Michigan State University police.
The DOJ said last year that it would not pursue charges against the agents who botched the case against Nassar while admitting that the case was not “handled as it should have been.”
