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Dirty Gymnastics Doc Sentenced To 175 Years
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Former USA gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar, was sentenced to 175 years after pleading guilty to molesting seven women, some of whom were olympic gymnasts he abused under the guise of medical examination.
“I just signed your death warrant,” the sentencing Judge, Rosemarie Aquilina, told Nassar after handing down the sentence.
“I’m not nice,” she added.
The sentence concludes an intense seven-day trial in which Nassar sat in silence as his victims’ and their parents described the emotional trauma he inflicted on them. While the official charges focused on his abuse of seven women, more than 150 women entered witness statements alleging abuse.
Aquilina read from a letter she received from Nassar before the trial, explaining that she considered the letter in determining his sentence. In the letter, Nassar asked her to forego a trial, citing the difficulty of listening to his victims.
The first victim to step forward, Rachael Denhollander, accused the well known sports physician of molesting her in the early 1990s when she was just 15 years old.
“You have become a man ruled by selfish and perverted desires,” Denhollander told Nassar during her Wednesday court appearance.
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