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Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his victims.
The judge dismissed Nassar's attempted apology as insincere, saying he would "be in darkness the rest of his life".
Nassar pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual assault against girls and young women, including Olympians.
The 54-year-old had already been sentenced to 60 years for possession of child pornography.

Larry Nassar speaks as judge says 'I've signed your death warrant'
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar during the sentencing: "As much as it was my honour and privilege to hear the sister survivors, it was my honour and privilege to sentence you.
"Because, sir, you do not deserve to walk outside of a prison ever again."
She told the paedophile: "You have not owned yet what you did. I wouldn't send my dogs to you, sir.
"I've just signed your death warrant".

Following seven days of emotional testimony from Nassar's victims, he was given an opportunity to address the court.
"What I am feeling pales in comparison to the pain, trauma, and emotional destruction that all of you are feeling," he told the packed courtroom.
"There are no words to describe the depth and breadth of how sorry I am for what has occurred," he added.

Throughout the seven-day hearing, the stories have been strikingly similar - the former USA Gymnastics team doctor would call the women in for treatment, but instead of taking away their pain, he stole their innocence. Some were so young they didn't realise until years later that they had been sexually abused.
As Larry Nassar sat in his prison overalls, just metres away from them, survivor after survivor looked him in the eye and reminded him of what he'd done to them. And that's been the most extraordinary thing about this hearing.
While the content of their testimony has been harrowing, it's also been inspiring. For survivors of sexual abuse it's hard to relive the experience, let alone do so in front of your attacker.

But Judge Aquilina revealed he had written a letter to her after his guilty plea claiming his accusers had "fabricated" allegations to gain money and fame.
Court spectators gasped as the judge read a passage in which Nassar said he had been "manipulated" into admitting his guilt.
"I was a good doctor because my treatments worked, and those patients that are now speaking out are the same ones that praised and came back over and over," Nassar wrote.
He added in the letter: "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
As the judge finished her sentence, witnesses in the packed courtroom stood and applauded her verdict.
His sentencing follows a week of harrowing testimony from scores of women, including Olympic gold medal gymnasts Aly Raisman and Jordyn Weiber.

In 2015, USA Gymnastics - the sport's top governing body - quietly cut ties with Nassar over allegations about his professional care.
An investigation in 2014 resulted in a three-month suspension from Michigan State University (MSU), where he coached.
But he continued to see patients until he was publicly accused of abuse in a 2016 report by the Indianapolis Star newspaper.
Later that year, he was arrested and charged by Michigan officials with sexual contact with a child.
A year later, he was sentenced for child abuse images found on his computer.

Rachael Denhollander, who was one of the first women to publicly accuse Nassar, pointed the finger at MSU in court on Wednesday.
"How much is a little girl worth? How much is a young woman worth?" Ms Denhollander, now a lawyer, asked as she described the abuse that occurred when she was 15 years old.
"No one believed because they did not listen," she said, recounting the several times victims told MSU of their allegations.
"Victims were silenced, intimidated, told they were receiving medical treatment, and at times sent back to be further abused.
"This is what it looks like when institutions create a culture when a predator can behave unabated."

Ms Denhollander said trauma at the abuse she suffered had "cast a horrific shadow" over her medical care when she gave birth to three children, including two daughters.
As the court adjourned on Wednesday, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) announced it would hold an independent investigation into the sex abuse scandal.
"The USOC has decided to launch an investigation by an independent third party to examine how an abuse of this proportion could have gone undetected for so long," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun wrote in an open letter.
On Tuesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) said it would investigate MSU's original handling of the gymnasts' abuse claims.
Hours after Nassar's sentence was read, lawmakers in the Michigan House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the head of MSU to resign.
"We have lost confidence in the ability of President Lou Anna K Simon to lead a transparent investigation, to implement changes that will ensure it never happens again, to protect students, and to lead Michigan State University forward," the resolution said.

Good It's both vile and ridiculous how he could have done this for so long in a organisation that's very much always in the spotlight. I hope widespread changes come to the US Gymnastics team's management and practices. The women who came forward to share their story are inspirational as is Rosemary Aquilina for savaging that bastard with the force of a thousand suns.

Here's the clip of her ripping him to shreds in full.

Youtube video

May he rot.

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Now that’s real justice.
We could learn a lot from it.

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lock him up and throw away the key

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Yes Evil Pedophile

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Justice being served

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he should be hanged in public as revenge and closure for the victims

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Elite US gymnast Simone Biles has testified before the Senate about abuse she suffered at the hands of disgraced former team doctor, Larry Nassar.

Former teammates Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney also appeared before the committee, along with FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The committee is examining shortcomings in the FBI's investigation into Nassar, later convicted of sexually abusing girls.

He is serving a life sentence in jail.

"I blame Larry Nasser, and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated [sic] his abuse," said Ms Biles, the most decorated Olympic gymnast of all-time.

"If you allow a predator to harm children, the consequences will be swift and severe," she added.

Gymnast Maggie Nichols - the first victim to report her abuse to USA Gymnastics - also testified.

What did the women say?
In emotional testimony on Wednesday, the four women told the Senate Judiciary Committee they had "suffered and continue to suffer" from the abuse they experienced and its bungled handling.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles - one of the most famous figures in world sports - called for the agents involved to be federally prosecuted.

"How much is a little girl worth?" she asked.

Aly Raisman, who served as captain of the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic gymnastics teams, expressed disgust that she was "still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability" more than six years after first reporting her abuse.

"Over the past few years it has become painfully clear how a survivor's healing is affected by the handling of their abuse," she testified.

She criticised the FBI investigation as being "like guesswork", warning that not addressing its serious flaws would result in a recurring "nightmare" for many more women.

McKayla Maroney, who won gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, described the experience of being interviewed by the FBI as replete with "silence and disregard for my trauma".

"They chose to fabricate, to lie about what I said and protect a serial child molester," she told senators.

"What is the point of reporting abuse if our own FBI agents are going to take it upon themselves to bury that report in a drawer?"


Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols

What was the hearing for?
The four athletes were among more than 200 women who gave powerful impact statements to a court in 2018, detailing Larry Nassar's abuse as the sports doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team.

In total, Nassar was accused of sexual abuse by more than 330 women and girls at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.

A long-awaited report into the FBI's investigation, which was published in July, found numerous missteps, delays and cover-ups by FBI agents, which allowed Nassar's abuse to continue for several more months after the case was first opened.

The 119-page report by the Department of Justice Inspector General found that, despite the seriousness of the allegations against Nassar, the FBI field office in Indianapolis had been slow to respond.

The agency initially interviewed only Ms Maroney while declining to interview other young women who had come forward with their stories.

Confronted by their mistakes, two FBI officials lied during interviews to cover up their errors, the report said. According to the FBI, one of those officials was fired last week.

What did the FBI say?
FBI Director Christopher Wray apologised profusely to those present for the "reprehensible conduct" and "fundamental errors" detailed in the July report.

Mr Wray only took the agency's top job in 2017, but pledged to prevent a repeat of the mishandled case under his leadership.

He pointed to last week's removal of the supervising official involved, while noting the other official - who led the field office in Indianapolis - had retired long before he could be disciplined.

He acknowledged the work of both agents had "violated the FBI's long-standing code of conduct" but was "inconsistent" with the vast majority of his team.

At a news conference later on Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the president "supports" the recommended steps outlined for the FBI in the Department of Justice report.

But both lawmakers and witnesses called out the department for being a "no-show" at the hearing despite being invited. Speaking after the hearing, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal noted the department must still answer more questions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58573887

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Look how many victims he's assaulted and abused before justice is served.

He sounds like a complete twisted sicko.