Nassar was sentenced to as much as 175 years in jail
Larry Nassar, the disgraced physician of USA Gymnastics, who was convicted of sexually abusing younger athletes, was stabbed a number of instances throughout a struggle with one other inmate, BBC reported. Nassar, 59, is within the hospital in secure situation after the assault.
Nassar was sentenced to as much as 175 years in jail for sexually abusing younger feminine gymnasts who had been entrusted to his care, together with Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an inmate on the U.S. Penitentiary Coleman in Florida was assaulted on Sunday afternoon, however declined to determine the prisoner over privateness and safety issues, Reuters reported.
“Responding workers instantly initiated life-saving measures,” bureau spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone mentioned in an announcement. “The inmate was transported by (emergency personnel) to a neighborhood hospital for additional therapy and analysis.”
The FBI was notified of the incident, and an inner investigation is ongoing, O’Cone added. No different workers or inmates had been injured, he mentioned.
Nassar, who’s serving a decades-long sentence following his 2018 conviction, was stabbed 10 instances – twice within the neck, twice within the again, and 6 instances within the chest – Joe Rojas, president of the native correction officers’ union, advised CNN.
His sentencing adopted a unprecedented week-long listening to during which 160 of his victims, most of whom had been minors on the time they had been abused, unflinchingly advised their tales.
For the reason that Nassar scandal, USA Gymnastics has overhauled its management and filed for chapter, saying on the time it was staggering underneath the load of lawsuits filed by a whole bunch of ladies who had been sexually abused by the previous staff physician.
Nassar’s former employer, Michigan State College, agreed to a $500 million settlement with the a whole bunch of ladies who had been sexually abused by him. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement.
A July 2021 report by Justice Division Inspector Basic Michael Horowitz uncovered widespread and dire errors by the FBI that allowed Nassar to proceed to abuse a minimum of 70 extra victims earlier than he was lastly arrested.
In September 2021, Biles and Maroney had been among the many high-profile Olympic gymnasts who gave heart-wrenching testimony earlier than a U.S. Senate panel concerning the sexual abuse they endured for years underneath Nassar’s care.
At that listening to, the gymnasts blasted the FBI for its mishandling of the investigation, with Biles accusing the bureau of turning a blind eye to all of Nassar’s victims.