Larry Nassar

2022 - 6 - 8

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Gymnasts sue FBI for $1 billion over mishandling of Larry Nassar case (The Washington Post)

A group of more than 90 women, including Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, is seeking $1 billion from the FBI over its mishandling of sexual ...

In a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mass) criticized the Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute the special agents. It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process,” Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney said in the statement. After the inspector general’s report, which the FBI accepted, the agency issued multiple statements in which it called its actions “inexcusable and a discredit to this organization” and said that “this should not have happened.” However, the FBI announced late last month that the agents who mishandled the Nassar investigation would not be charged with a crime. “The FBI knew that Larry Nassar was a danger to children when his abuse of me was first reported in September of 2015. Both were found to have lied about their roles in the Nassar case to federal investigators. It is time for the FBI to be held accountable,” former Team USA gymnast Maggie Nichols said in a statement released by lawyers representing the group of women.

Understanding the complaints from Simone Biles and others ... (NPR)

Dozens of women and girls who were sexually abused by the former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have filed administrative claims against the FBI over its ...

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Larry Nassar abuse case: Olympic gymnasts Biles, Raisman and ... (CNN)

Attorneys for more than 90 women and girls who were sexually abused by disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar submitted claims for over $1 ...

"The FBI knew that Larry Nassar was a danger to children when his abuse of me was first reported in September of 2015. The agency then has six months to either reach a settlement or deny the claim before the lawsuit can be brought. For 421 days they worked with USA Gymnastics and USOPC to hide this information from the public and allowed Nassar to continue molesting young women and girls," Nichols said. In April, 13 of Nassar's sexual assault victims submitted separate claims against the FBI totaling $130 million, saying all the agents involved in the Nassar investigation elected to "turn a blind eye" to the sexual abuse perpetrated on children by Nassar. Gymnasts Kaylee Lorincz and Hannah Morrow are each asking for $42.5 million, the attorneys said. "The FBI was grossly derelict in their duties by declining to interview gymnasts who were willing to talk about the abuse, failing to transfer the complaint to Lansing Michigan where Nassar was continuing to abuse girls, ignoring its obligation to report child abuse to relevant state and federal agencies and lying to Congress, the media and FBI headquarters about their lack of diligence in investigating the Nassar complaint," attorneys for the victims said in a statement.

Victims of Larry Nassar to file $1 billion in claims against FBI (ABC News)

Victims of sports doctor Larry Nassar said they plan on Wednesday to file a series of tort claims against the FBI seeking a collective total of about $1 ...

The report found the FBI was notified of Nassar's behavior, but failed to act for more than a year. Nassar pleaded guilty in 2017 in connection with crimes against several victims and was sentenced to 60 years behind bars for child pornography and other charges. It is time for the FBI to be held accountable."

Raisman, Biles, Maroney among 90 women asking FBI for $1 billion ... (NBC News)

Ninety women, including Olympic gymnasts Biles, Maroney and Raisman, want $1 billion from the FBI for botching the investigation of sex abuse by Olympic ...

“The FBI knew that Larry Nassar was a danger to children when his abuse of me was first reported in September of 2015. He is serving up to 175 years in prison. “My fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us — the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI and now the Department of Justice,” Maroney, an Olympic gold medalist, said in a statement. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Raisman, Maroney and others have testified before Congress, calling for accountability at the FBI. Many are athletes who were associated with the USA Gymnastics program or with Michigan State University, where Nassar maintained a clinic.

Larry Nassar survivors seeking more than $1 billion from FBI for not ... (ESPN)

Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of sexual assault survivors who are seeking more than $1 billion from the ...

Maroney recalled "dead silence" when she talked to FBI agents about Nassar. He is serving decades in prison. There is no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused of assaulting gymnasts, but they failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target young women and girls for more than a year. Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics told local FBI agents in 2015 that three gymnasts said they were assaulted by Nassar, a team doctor. "I'm especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. "It is time for the FBI to be held accountable," said Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnast at Oklahoma from 2017 to 2019.

Larry Nassar Survivors Are Suing the FBI (The Cut)

Over 90 survivors who claim they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are planning to file lawsuits against the FBI, alleging that the bureau failed to ...

According to a report issued by a Justice Department watchdog in 2021, the two agents received evidence of Nassar’s crimes in 2015 but neglected to take appropriate action, leaving Nassar to sexually assault at least 70 more athletes until his arrest by Michigan authorities a year later. The watchdog further accused the agents of making false statements to investigators to “minimize errors” they made during their handling of the allegations, as well as violating FBI policy, withholding information from relevant authorities, and mishandling witnesses’ interviews. “If the FBI had simply done its job,” Roy wrote in a statement, “Nassar would have stopped before he ever had the chance to abuse hundreds of girls, including me.”