The FBI Turned A Blind Eye While Larry Nassar Assaulted Hundreds thefederalist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thefederalist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Report: FBI lacks urgency to investigate USA Gymnastics complaints on Larry Nassar from 2015
Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar appears at Ingham County Circuit Court on November 22, 2017 in Lansing, Michigan. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has faced scrutiny after failing to promptly address sexual abuse allegations from over 200 female gymnasts. On Wednesday, a new report released from the Department of Justice suggested the FBI made serious errors in their investigation into former U.S. Gymnastics National Team doctor Larry Nassar.
One of the victims, Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney, has said to have endured years of trauma and suicidal thoughts. “She was in such a bad state. Her mother was afraid if she’d go into her room one day, she’d find her dead and that’s what she told the court in Michigan when he was sentenced on chi
FBI Mishandled Case of Convicted Sex Offender Larry Nassar: Justice Department Watchdog
The FBI mishandled allegations of sexual abuse against the now-convicted sex offender, former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar, a Justice Department watchdog concluded.
Nassar, the main doctor for Olympic gymnasts, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2017 on federal charges of possessing child sex abuse material. He was named in hundreds of lawsuits filed by female athletes who said that Nassar sexually abused them when he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics. In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years and up to 125 years in two separate Michigan courts on sexual abuse charges in Michigan.
Indianapolis FBI made many errors during Larry Nassar investigation, DOJ report finds statenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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We say listen to women. We say believe women. We say me too. These words are more than pithy social media hashtags; they are cries for help.
Imagine the pain and courage it would take reach out to the country s top law enforcement agency with claims that a team doctor was molesting you and hundreds of other girls. And then imagine being virtually ignored.
Imagine.
That s what happened in 2015, when sexual abuse allegations were made against longtime USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. For more than a year, complaints to the FBI went unanswered and Nassar continued treating – and raping – gymnasts at Michigan State University, a high school in Michigan, and a gymnastics club in Michigan.