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Nassar was arrested by the U.S. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in December 2016 after agents found more than 37,000 images of [[child pornography]], and a video of him molesting underage girls.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alice|last=Park|title=Who Is Larry Nassar, the Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Aly Raisman Accuses of Sexual Abuse?|url=http://time.com/4988116/larry-nassar-mckayla-maroney-sexual-abuse-doctor-usa-gymnastics/|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 18, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> On April 6, 2017, his medical license was revoked for three years.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mencarini|first1=Matt|title=Nassar's medical license revoked for 3 years|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/04/06/msu-doctor-larry-nassar-license-revoked/100130228/|website= [[Lansing State Journal]] |accessdate=January 19, 2018|date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> On July 11, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in 2004, possessing numerous pornographic images dating from 2003 to 2016, and tampering with evidence by destroying and concealing the images. On December 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge [[Janet T. Neff]] sentenced Nassar to 60 years in prison for these charges.<ref name="DOJ sentenced">{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2017_1207_Nassar|title=Lawrence Nassar Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison|publisher=United State Department of Justice|date=December 7, 2017|accessdate=January 23, 2018|quote=Lawrence Gerard Nassar, 54, of Holt, Michigan...}}</ref>
Nassar was arrested by the U.S. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in December 2016 after agents found more than 37,000 images of [[child pornography]], and a video of him molesting underage girls.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alice|last=Park|title=Who Is Larry Nassar, the Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Aly Raisman Accuses of Sexual Abuse?|url=http://time.com/4988116/larry-nassar-mckayla-maroney-sexual-abuse-doctor-usa-gymnastics/|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 18, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> On April 6, 2017, his medical license was revoked for three years.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mencarini|first1=Matt|title=Nassar's medical license revoked for 3 years|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/04/06/msu-doctor-larry-nassar-license-revoked/100130228/|website= [[Lansing State Journal]] |accessdate=January 19, 2018|date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> On July 11, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in 2004, possessing numerous pornographic images dating from 2003 to 2016, and tampering with evidence by destroying and concealing the images. On December 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge [[Janet T. Neff]] sentenced Nassar to 60 years in prison for these charges.<ref name="DOJ sentenced">{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2017_1207_Nassar|title=Lawrence Nassar Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison|publisher=United State Department of Justice|date=December 7, 2017|accessdate=January 23, 2018|quote=Lawrence Gerard Nassar, 54, of Holt, Michigan...}}</ref>


On November 22, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty in [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] Circuit Court to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with minors under the age of 16. He admitted molesting seven girls, three of whom were under the age of 13. On November 29, he pleaded guilty to an additional three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in neighboring [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Kahlan|last=Rosenblatt|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-pleads-guilty-3-more-criminal-n824861|title=Ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to 3 more criminal sex charges|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=November 29, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> As of 18 January 2018, 135 women have accused him of sexual assault while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Murphy|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22143482/larry-nassar-writes-letter-judge-complaining-sentencing-hearing|title=Michigan judge dismisses complaints made by Larry Nassar about his sentencing hearing|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=January 18, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2018 |quote=Part of the plea deal allowed all of the 135 women who have accused Nassar of abusing them -- many when they sought him out for medical treatment -- to confront him and share their stories with the court.}}</ref> Later the number of accusers increased from 135 to 150.<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Eggert|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-larry-nassar-gymnastics-sentencing-20180124-story.html|title=Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison; judge says 'I just signed your death warrant'|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> There was as at least one other young woman who accused him that he did not see in a medical context.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
On November 22, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty in [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] Circuit Court to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with minors under the age of 16. He admitted molesting seven girls, three of whom were under the age of 13. On November 29, he pleaded guilty to an additional three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in neighboring [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Kahlan|last=Rosenblatt|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-pleads-guilty-3-more-criminal-n824861|title=Ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to 3 more criminal sex charges|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=November 29, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> As of 18 January 2018, 135 women have accused him of sexual assault while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Murphy|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22143482/larry-nassar-writes-letter-judge-complaining-sentencing-hearing|title=Michigan judge dismisses complaints made by Larry Nassar about his sentencing hearing|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=January 18, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2018 |quote=Part of the plea deal allowed all of the 135 women who have accused Nassar of abusing them -- many when they sought him out for medical treatment -- to confront him and share their stories with the court.}}</ref> Later the number of accusers increased from 135 to 150.<ref>{{cite news|first1=David|last1=Eggert|first2=Mike|last2=Householder|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-larry-nassar-gymnastics-sentencing-20180124-story.html|title=Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison; judge says 'I just signed your death warrant'|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 25, 2018}}</ref> There was as at least one other young woman who accused him that he did not see in a medical context.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}


On January 24, [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] Circuit Court Judge [[Rosemarie Aquilina]] sentenced him to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual assault on minors.<ref name=BBC/> While working at the [[Karolyi Ranch]] in Texas, where [[McKayla Maroney]] says he molested young women for over 15 years, Nassar practiced without a Texas medical license. This is a third-degree felony in the state.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Jori|last1=Epstein|first2=Terri|last2=Langford|url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/other-sports/moresports/2018/01/24/ex-usa-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-treated-athletes-texas-without-license-board-confirms|title=Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar treated athletes in Texas without license, board confirms |publisher=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
On January 24, [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] Circuit Court Judge [[Rosemarie Aquilina]] sentenced him to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual assault on minors.<ref name=BBC/> While working at the [[Karolyi Ranch]] in Texas, where [[McKayla Maroney]] says he molested young women for over 15 years, Nassar practiced without a Texas medical license. This is a third-degree felony in the state.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Jori|last1=Epstein|first2=Terri|last2=Langford|url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/other-sports/moresports/2018/01/24/ex-usa-gymnastics-doctor-larry-nassar-treated-athletes-texas-without-license-board-confirms|title=Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar treated athletes in Texas without license, board confirms |publisher=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>

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Larry Nassar
File:Larry Nassar at trial 2018.jpg
Born
Lawrence Gerard Nassar

(1963-08-16) August 16, 1963 (age 60)
United States
Education
OccupationOsteopathic physician
Years active1986–2016
Conviction(s)
  • July 11, 2017 (pleaded guilty, federal)
  • November 22, 2017 (pleaded guilty, Ingham County)
  • November 29, 2017 (pleaded guilty, Eaton County)
Criminal charge
  • Receiving child pornography (federal)
  • Possession of child pornography (federal)
  • Tampering with evidence (federal)
  • First-degree criminal sexual conduct (10 counts in two counties)
Penalty
  • 60 years (federal)
  • 40 to 175 years (state)

Lawrence Gerard Nassar (born August 16, 1963) is a serial child sexual abuser who was the USA Gymnastics national team doctor and an osteopathic physician at Michigan State University. He is known predominantly for the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal where he was accused sexual abuse by more than 150 underage girls, including a number of well-known Olympic gymnasts. He has admitted to at least seven of the accusations.

On January 24, 2018, Nassar was sentenced to between 40 to 175 years in state prison for sexual assault of minors.[1][2] The state sentence will begin when he completes the three consecutive 20 year federal sentences to which he was sentenced in 2017 on child pornography charges.[3][2]

Early and personal life

Born in 1963, Nassar began working in 1978 as a student athletic trainer with the women's gymnastics team at North Farmington High School on the recommendation of his older brother, Mike, an athletic trainer at that school. Nassar graduated from North Farmington High School in 1981.[4][5] He went on to study kinesiology at the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1985.[5] During this time, he worked with the university's football and track and field teams.[6] He married Stefanie Lynn Anderson on October 19, 1996, at St. John’s Catholic Church in East Lansing.[4] The couple have two daughters and a son.[4]

Medical career

In 1986, Nassar began working for the USA Gymnastics national team as an athletic trainer.[6] In 1993, he graduated as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Michigan State University, and he went on to complete his residency training in family practice in 1996 at St. Lawrence Hospital, which has since merged with Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. In 1997, Nassar completed a fellowship in sports medicine[6] and began working as an assistant professor at MSU's Department of Family and Community Medicine in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, earning $100,000 annually.[4] From 1996 to 2014, Nassar was the national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics.[6] Nassar lived in Holt, Michigan at the time of his arrest.[4]

Sex abuse conviction

Main article: USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal

Nassar was arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in December 2016 after agents found more than 37,000 images of child pornography, and a video of him molesting underage girls.[7] On April 6, 2017, his medical license was revoked for three years.[8] On July 11, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in 2004, possessing numerous pornographic images dating from 2003 to 2016, and tampering with evidence by destroying and concealing the images. On December 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff sentenced Nassar to 60 years in prison for these charges.[3]

On November 22, 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty in Ingham County Circuit Court to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with minors under the age of 16. He admitted molesting seven girls, three of whom were under the age of 13. On November 29, he pleaded guilty to an additional three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in neighboring Eaton County.[9] As of 18 January 2018, 135 women have accused him of sexual assault while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.[10] Later the number of accusers increased from 135 to 150.[11] There was as at least one other young woman who accused him that he did not see in a medical context.[citation needed]

On January 24, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced him to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual assault on minors.[1] While working at the Karolyi Ranch in Texas, where McKayla Maroney says he molested young women for over 15 years, Nassar practiced without a Texas medical license. This is a third-degree felony in the state.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Larry Nassar: Disgraced US Olympics doctor jailed for 175 years". BBC News. 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Read Judge Rosemarie Aquilina's powerful statement to Larry Nassar". CNN.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Lawrence Nassar Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison". United State Department of Justice. December 7, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Lawrence Gerard Nassar, 54, of Holt, Michigan...
  4. ^ a b c d e Kozlowski, Kim (August 10, 2017). "How MSU doc became suspect in dozens of rapes". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Mack, Julie and Lawler, Emily (February 12, 2017). "MSU doctor's alleged victims talked for 20 years. Was anyone listening?". MLive.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b c d "Dr. Larry Nassar: A history of preying on people". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  7. ^ Park, Alice (October 18, 2017). "Who Is Larry Nassar, the Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Aly Raisman Accuses of Sexual Abuse?". Time. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  8. ^ Mencarini, Matt (April 6, 2017). "Nassar's medical license revoked for 3 years". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  9. ^ Rosenblatt, Kahlan (November 29, 2017). "Ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to 3 more criminal sex charges". NBC News. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Murphy, Dan (January 18, 2018). "Michigan judge dismisses complaints made by Larry Nassar about his sentencing hearing". ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2018. Part of the plea deal allowed all of the 135 women who have accused Nassar of abusing them -- many when they sought him out for medical treatment -- to confront him and share their stories with the court.
  11. ^ Eggert, David; Householder, Mike (January 24, 2018). "Larry Nassar sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison; judge says 'I just signed your death warrant'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  12. ^ Epstein, Jori; Langford, Terri (January 24, 2018). "Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar treated athletes in Texas without license, board confirms". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
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