Ex USA gymnastics doctor gets 175 years in prison for sexual assault

January 24, 2018 23:45

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison, a judge said after hearing statements from more than 150 women and girls who said he sexually abused them over the past two decades.

"I've just signed your death warrant," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said. "I find that you don't get it, that you're a danger. That you remain a danger."

Larry Nassar defended his medical practices and accused the women who said he sexually abused them of lying for media attention and financial reward, according to a letter he wrote to the court last week.

"I was a good doctor because my treatments worked, and those patients that are now speaking out are the same ones that praised and came back over and over," Nassar wrote in the letter. "The media convinced them that everything I did was wrong and bad. They feel I broke their trust. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Nassar apologised in a brief statement, turning around to directly address the victims and saying that the comments "have shaken me to my core."

"There are no words that can describe the depth and breadth of how sorry I am for what has occurred," he said. "An acceptable apology to all of you is impossible to write and convey. I will carry your words with me for the rest of my days."

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