his federal case was assigned to a female federal judge as well and she sentenced him to 60 years in prison. i think it s i think it s a good thing that women turned out to be the judges in these cases because tht sort of abuse happened in this case really to women entirely and i think these female jurors had a real understanding of the trauma and tragedy inflicted on these young women. and it s so important to give these young women a voice as they have been so courageous here in the last several days to come forward. let s listen to more of their victim impact statements. you were met to get caught. you were meant to be locked up for the rest of your life. larry is the most dangerous type of abuser, one who is capable of manipulating his victims through coldly calculated methodologies presenting the most wholesome and caring sperna to deliver a
did many years ago in some cases. we ll take you in the courtroom when nassar is sentenced by the judge. jean casarez joins us now. bring us up to speed, this is a momentous day in what has been a sexual abuse epidemic lasting rorter:hat s right. we re at the moment now the cour has broken but the next step will be the actual sentencing of larry nassar. olympic doctor here at msu state university for the athletic department, women s division. 156 victims of sexual assault have stepped up to the podium and that courtroom in the last week and have given their stories of exactly what happened to them of the sexual assault at the hands of larry that is sar. we also heard a timeline from these victims that in 1997, one of them went to the gymnastics
ignored. people should have known that he was out to harm these young women. and people in charge of many of these organizations did nothing when they should have acted. and so many of these survivors have made that point, that something like this widespread does not happen without people without a system around someone like larry ssar to enable it. we re going to talk about what may be coming down the road when it comes to the civil lawsuits. i m getting a quick break, we re awaiting sentencing of larry nassar, the former doctor of usa gymnastics michigan state university. he is very likely to get many years in jail for his sexual assault of dozens and dozens of girls and young women. we re following this. we ll be right back. oh good, you re awake! finally. you re still here? come on, denise. we re voya! we stay with you to and through retirement.
and saying this was enabled. i want to play something from ali rooizman, the gold medali medalists, one of number of very well known gymnasts who have said larry nassar abused her. imagine feeling like you have no power and no voice. well, you know what, larry, i have both power and voice and i m only beginning to just use them. all of these brave women have power and we ll use our voices to make sure you get what you deserve, a life of suffering spent replaying the words delivered by this powerful army of survivors. and that s really what we ve seen, an army who have come into i wonder as you consider what the judge referred to the army as, called them quote super