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THE FORMER DOCTOR FOR THE USA
GYMNASTICS SENTENCED FOR HIS
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
SO, LARRY, I ASK YOU HOW ARE
YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW.
TONIGHT, HIGH EMOTION AND
HIGH DRAMA AS LARRY NASSAR WAS
SENTENCED.
SENTENCED TO 175 YEARS IN
PRISON.
150 YOUNG WOMEN TELLING THEIR
STORIES OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN OPEN
COURT OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS
THE FINAL THREE SPOKE IN
LANCING MANY &&RT - MICHIGAN
HAD HER SAY.
I'M GIVING YOU 175 YEARS
WHICH IS.
THE FORMER SPORTS DIRECTOR
HEARD FROM THE JUDGE WHO
SENTENCED HIM.
YOUR DECISION WAS
PRECISEDEVIOUS, DESPICABLE IT
IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
SENTENCE YOU BECAUSE SIR YOU DO
NOT DESERVE TO WALK OUTSIDE OF
A PRISON EVER AGAIN.
FROM THREE MORE VICTIMS.
YOU STOLE MY INNOCENCE, I
HAD NIGHTMARES AND PUSHED
PEOPLE AWAY INCLUDING MY OWN
PARENTS LARRY I ASK YOU HOW ARE
UP ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW.
LARRY SOUGHT OUT AND TOOK
PLEASURE IN LITTLE GIRLS AND
WOMEN BEING SEXUALLY INJURED
AND VIOLATED BECAUSE HE LIKED
IT.
FROM PROSECUTORS WHO TOLD NASAR
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
HE HAD TO PERFECT AND ABUSE
EVEN MORE.
BEFORE SENTENCING LARRY HAD
A CHANCE TO APOLOGIZE.
I'M SORRY FOR WHAT HAS
OCCURRED I WILL CARRY THESE
WORDS THE REST OF MY DAYS.
THAT APOLOGY NOT WELL
RECEIVED IN PART BECAUSE OF A
LETTER HE WROTE TO THE JUDGE A
LETTER SHE READ PORTIONS UP IN
OPEN COURT THAT DREW HER ANGER.
CONVINCE THEM THAT
EVERYTHING I DID WAS WRONG AND
BAD HELL HATH NO FURRY, IT IS
JUST A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE THE
STORIES THAT ARE BEING
FABRICATED TO SENSATIONALIZE
THIS.
AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL
NASSAR ADMITTED TO ABUSING
WOMEN, IT WAS THE COMPLAINT
THAT TRIGGERED NASSAR'S
DOWNFALL.
VICTIMS WERE SILENCED,
REPEATEDLY TOLD IT WAS MEDICAL
TREATMENT AND FORCED TO COME
BACK FOR CONTINUED SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
NASSAR'S 175 YEAR SENTENCE
IS ON TOP OF 60 YEARS HE IS
SERVING ON FEDERAL CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES ENSURING
HE'LL REMAIN IN PRISON IF REST
OF HIS LIFE.
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY
ARE BRAVE WOMEN COMING FORWARD
IN OPEN COURT THEY DETAILED AT
THE HANDS OF LARRY NASSAR THIS
AFTERNOON MANY DESCRIBE THEIR
FEELINGS AFTER HIS SENTENCE WAS
HANDED DOWN.
THERE IS A LOT OF GRIEF THAT
IS MIXED WITH A LOT OF VICTORY,
I THINK VICTORY IS A GOOD WORD
FOR IT.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HOPE,
EVERYONE HAS BEEN WATCHING
THIS.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE
WILL GET FROM THIS?
DO IT BETTER THE NEXT TIME.
I 110% BELIEVE ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT
FIRSTHAND IT IS ALMOST
DISGUSTING TO ME THE WAY THEY
COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US AS
LITTLE KIDS BECAUSE THEY KNEW
AS DEDICATED AS WE WERE AS
ATHLETES THAT WE WOULD DO
LITERALLY ANYTHING TO PLEASE
THESE PEOPLE.
THAT WAS NOT A MEDICAL
TREATMENT AND I'M HERE TO TELL
YOU THAT.
I WAS NOT LARRY NASSAR'S
PATIENT, I WAS A FRIEND OF HIS
FAMILY THERE WAS NO GUIDE FOR
MEDICAL TREATMENT I WANT TO SET
THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THAT HE
IS A PEDOPHILE HE IS A CHILD
MOLESTER PERIOD.
THE 17 DAY SENTENCING HAS
ALREADY PROMPTED CHANGES WERE
NASSAR WORK THREE SENIOR
EXECUTIVES RESIGNED THIS WEEK
IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR AGO
MICHIGAN LAWMAKERS VOTED
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF
THE ALLEGATIONS THE SCHOOL
MISSED CHANCES TO STOP NASSAR'S
ACTIONS.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
SENTENCING THE DETROIT FREE
PRESS TWEETED THE NAMES OF 155
OF NASSAR'S VICTIMS TWEETING
QUOTE THESE ARE THE NAMES OF
THE SURVIVORS WHO CAME FORWARD
TO DELIVER IMPACT STATEMENTS
BECAUSE OF THEIR BRAVERY AND
COURAGE NASSAR WILL SPEND THE
REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS
THE PAPER ALSO SAID THERE ARE
OTHER SURVIVORS BEYOND THOSE
LISTED WHO UNDERSTANDABLY
CHOOSE TO SAY SILENT.
IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE