Larry Nassar, the disgraced
former doctor
convicted of sexually
abusing young American Olympians,
is in the hospital tonight
after being attacked in federal prison.
Let's bring in CNN's Brian Todd.
He's joining us with more Brian.
Wolf.
Larry Nassar is now in stable condition
following the attack yesterday.
Tonight,
we have new details on the attack
and on the targeting of Nassar,
which has now occurred
more than once in prison.
Fisher right hand,
one of the most notorious
convicted abusers in American history,
viciously attacked in prison.
Larry Nassar,
former team doctor for USA Gymnastics,
was stabbed
ten times,
including multiple times
in the neck and chest Sunday
during an altercation
with a fellow inmate
at the Coleman Federal Penitentiary
in Somerville, Florida.
That's according to sources familiar
with the incident.
And the president
of the local correctional officers union
who spoke to CNN,
they could make weapons at anything
and a metal object
they can find anywhere.
And they're made into a homemade weapon
or midnight,
according to Josie
Joe Rojas and the Bureau of Prisons,
corrections officers on the scene
were able to save Nasser's life.
Rojas says
Nasser is now in stable condition.
Inmates who have committed sex crimes,
rapes, child molestation,
they are usually targeted
by other inmates.
Nasser is serving
essentially life
in prison on various assault
and pornography charges.
In 2018,
he admitted to
sexually assaulting athletes
when he was with
Michigan State University and the U.S.
women's gymnastics team
for your own defense.
According to court records,
he victimized more than 330
girls and women.
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles
Aly Raisman and McKayla
Maroney were among the athletes.
Nassar admitted to assaulting Maroney
once testifying
that Nassar molested her
for hours in a Tokyo hotel
when she was 15 years old.
I was naked,
completely alone with him
on top of me, molesting me for hours.
At his sentencing hearing in 2018
more than 150 victims
gave horrific accounts
of their abuse at the hands of Nassar.
He engaged in
degrading and humiliating sex acts
without my consent. Or permission.
And Larry enjoyed it.
Your kindness
was simply a ploy to molest me.
Every chance you got
I can't even put into words
how much I hate you.
CNN has reached out
to the Coleman facility
in Florida for more details
on the nasty attack.
We have not heard back.
All right.
Let's turn now
to someone who knows that prison well.
Jose Joe
Rojas is a local president of the union
representing the employees
at the penitentiary.
Joe, good to have you on here.
I understand
you're the person who told CNN
the number of times
Nassar was stabbed in this attack.
Do we know who carried out this attack
right now?
Still, still under investigation.
And it'll come up
probably within a day or two.
How could something like this happen
at a prison, an attack like this?
And you worked there.
You know the circumstances.
Are there opportunities for forensic
as one inmate to attack another
The problem with the
with the bureau
in whole
is the staffing crisis we've been having.
Like, for instance,
about three weeks ago,
we had an informational picket
to let
the community to know
about our staffing issues.
We had over 145 vacancies
within the complex.
44 alone at Penn, too.
So that's how it can happen
when you don't have the staffing.
We don't have the support
from central office.
The administration
And things like this happen
when you have officers working doubles.
16 hours back to back to back two days
in a row of inmates.
See the weaknesses
How about getting a weapon in like this?
Or is it possible
someone could make their own
I've worked
at the state and federal prisons
for over 30 years.
Inmates are very, very intelligent.
They can make weapons at anything
So it is not farfetched
that a metal object
they can find anywhere
and they're made into a homemade weapon,
homemade knife, in your experience.
What leads an inmate
if that's
what this turns out to be, to attack
another one?
Does it tend to be personal grievances?
I know there's something of a hierarchy
in prison
Certain crimes are looked at worse
than others, including
attacking children.
Do you have a sense of what
could have been behind
this particular attack?
I don't know the
motive for this attack
because where he were secured
was a programing unit.
And usually in the programing unit,
those inmates are well-behaved
because they they
we give them good programs.
So it could be a number of things.
Like I said, it could have been
based on his criminal background.
Hmm.
Well, Joe Rojas, thanks for helping us
try to understand this a bit better.
We appreciate you taking the time
Thank you so much for the time.