{"id":1114913,"date":"2021-12-13T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114913"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:29:31","slug":"report-victims-of-usa-olympic-team-doctor-larry-nassar-to-be-be-paid-380-million-in-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-victims-of-usa-olympic-team-doctor-larry-nassar-to-be-be-paid-380-million-in-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Victims Of USA Olympic Team Doctor Larry Nassar To Be Be Paid $380 Million In Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-victims-of-usa-olympic-team-doctor-larry-nassar-to-be-be-paid-380-million-in-settlement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The victims of former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar reached one of the largest settlements for sex abuse ever recorded on Monday, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nassar-victims-reach-380-million-settlement-with-usa-gymnastics-and-u-s-olympic-and-paralympic-committee-11639406377\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic &amp; Paralympic Committee and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement with victims of longtime national team physician Larry Nassar, drawing to a close a five-year legal battle that has upended American Olympic sports governance,\u201d The Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nassar-victims-reach-380-million-settlement-with-usa-gymnastics-and-u-s-olympic-and-paralympic-committee-11639406377\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The settlement also includes nonmonetary provisions, \u201cincluding requirements for self-identified survivors of abuse in gymnastics to have official roles in USA Gymnastics.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Olympian Jamie Dantzscher was the first to file a civil lawsuit against USA Gymnastics and the USOPC in September 2016, with more than 500 others filing following Dantzscher\u2019s lawsuit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, Michigan State University \u2014 which employed Nassar for decades \u2014 agreed to settle lawsuits from 332 women against Nassar for $500 million. According to the attorney \u2014 reports ESPN \u2014that settlement in addition to Monday\u2019s $380 million settlement makes it the largest in a sexual assault case involving a single perpetrator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurvivors have now received a total of $880 million in compensation for their pain and suffering at the hands of this monster and the institutions who enabled him, Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics, and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilx.com\/2021\/12\/13\/nassar-victims-reach-settlement-with-usa-gymnastics\/\">said<\/a> John Manly, the lead attorney representing victims, in a press release. \u201cThese organizations spent more than $100 million on corporate lawyers to evade their legal and moral responsibility. We prevailed for one simple reason: the courage and tenacity of the survivors. These brave women relived their abuse publicly, in countless media interviews, so that not one more child will be forced to suffer physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in pursuit of their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news comes three months after Gymnasts Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney shocked Congress, revealing details of the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of the former USA Gymnastics team doctor and blistering the FBI, which they say failed to act on repeated reports from American gymnasts and may have even covered up evidence of an abusive system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing in September examining the FBI\u2019s handling of the Larry Nassar case, in which the four Olympic gymnasts \u2014 Biles, Nichols, Raisman, and Maroney \u2014 testified about the abuse they suffered under the former Olympic gymnastics doctor\u2019s care and how the FBI failed to act on their reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hearing came days after FBI agent Michael Langeman was fired for failing to pursue an investigation into the gymnasts\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the Justice Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing Langeman \u2014 unnamed at the time \u2014 and his boss Jay Abbott for their handling of the Nassar case.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Langeman interviewed Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney regarding her allegations that Nassar abused her. The report by the inspector general states that Langeman and Abbot never \u201cofficially opened an investigation\u201d and lied to investigators about their actions. The report states that Abbott \u2014 who is retired \u2014 told the FBI to release false statements in 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/14\/politics\/justice-department-investigation-report-nassar\/index.html\">saying<\/a> that his office \u201cexpeditiously responded\u201d to the allegations against Nassar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Raisman said that it took over fourteen months for FBI agents to contact her after her report to USAG [USA Gymnastics] in June 2015 that Nassar abused her and that Nassar continued to sexually assault dozens of young women and girls during that time.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray apologized in his opening statements for the FBI\u2019s failure to stop Nassar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply and profoundly sorry to each and every one of you,\u201d Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/fbi-director-wray-nassar-monster-gymnasts-biles-maroney-hearing-174019967.html\">said<\/a> in his opening statement. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for what you and your families have been through. I\u2019m sorry so many people let you down over and over again. And I\u2019m especially sorry there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed, and that is inexcusable. It never should have happened, and we\u2019re doing everything in our power to make sure it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victims of former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar reached one of the largest settlements for sex abuse ever recorded on Monday, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.\u00a0\u201cUSA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic &#038; Paralympic Committee and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement with victims of longtime national team physician Larry Nassar, drawing to a close a five-year legal battle that has upended American Olympic sports governance,\u201d The Journal reported.\u00a0\u00a0The settlement also includes nonmonetary provisions, \u201cincluding requirements for self-identified survivors of abuse in gymnastics to have official roles in USA Gymnastics.\u201d\u00a0Olympian Jamie Dantzscher was the first to file a civil lawsuit against USA Gymnastics and the USOPC in September 2016, with more than 500 others filing following Dantzscher\u2019s lawsuit.\u00a0In May 2018, Michigan State University \u2014 which employed Nassar for decades \u2014 agreed to settle lawsuits from 332 women against Nassar for $500 million. According to the attorney \u2014 reports ESPN \u2014that settlement in addition to Monday\u2019s $380 million settlement makes it the largest in a sexual assault case involving a single perpetrator.\u00a0\u201cSurvivors have now received a total of $880 million in compensation for their pain and suffering at the hands of this monster and the institutions who enabled him, Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics, and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee,\u201d said John Manly, the lead attorney representing victims, in a press release. \u201cThese organizations spent more than $100 million on corporate lawyers to evade their legal and moral responsibility. We prevailed for one simple reason: the courage and tenacity of the survivors. These brave women relived their abuse publicly, in countless media interviews, so that not one more child will be forced to suffer physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in pursuit of their dreams.\u201dThe news comes three months after Gymnasts Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney shocked Congress, revealing details of the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of the former USA Gymnastics team doctor and blistering the FBI, which they say failed to act on repeated reports from American gymnasts and may have even covered up evidence of an abusive system.\u00a0The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing in September examining the FBI\u2019s handling of the Larry Nassar case, in which the four Olympic gymnasts \u2014 Biles, Nichols, Raisman, and Maroney \u2014 testified about the abuse they suffered under the former Olympic gymnastics doctor\u2019s care and how the FBI failed to act on their reports.\u00a0The hearing came days after FBI agent Michael Langeman was fired for failing to pursue an investigation into the gymnasts\u2019 claims.In July, the Justice Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing Langeman \u2014 unnamed at the time \u2014 and his boss Jay Abbott for their handling of the Nassar case.In 2015, Langeman interviewed Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney regarding her allegations that Nassar abused her. The report by the inspector general states that Langeman and Abbot never \u201cofficially opened an investigation\u201d and lied to investigators about their actions. The report states that Abbott \u2014 who is retired \u2014 told the FBI to release false statements in 2017 saying that his office \u201cexpeditiously responded\u201d to the allegations against Nassar.\u00a0During the hearing, Raisman said that it took over fourteen months for FBI agents to contact her after her report to USAG [USA Gymnastics] in June 2015 that Nassar abused her and that Nassar continued to sexually assault dozens of young women and girls during that time.FBI Director Christopher Wray apologized in his opening statements for the FBI\u2019s failure to stop Nassar.\u201cI\u2019m deeply and profoundly sorry to each and every one of you,\u201d Wray said in his opening statement. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for what you and your families have been through. I\u2019m sorry so many people let you down over and over again. And I\u2019m especially sorry there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed, and that is inexcusable. It never should have happened, and we\u2019re doing everything in our power to make sure it never happens again.\u201dJoe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}