By the time of Larry Nassar’s first set of charges in November 2016, officials of Ingham County said that they had received about 50 complaints alleging sexual abuse at the hands of Nassar (per The Indianapolis Star). This alone would have been enough to put Nassar in jail for the remainder of his life, though more disturbing details and evidence would soon follow. The next month, after being charged by the federal government for child pornography, an FBI agent testified that they found around 37,000 images of child porn on Nassar’s hard drive, collected by Nassar between 2003 and 2016.
By June 2017, 119 women and girls had filed lawsuits against Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics. Recognizing the overwhelming evidence against him, Nassar pleaded guilty to the three child pornography charges in his federal case that July. In November he pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Ingham County’s jurisdiction, which carried a minimum sentence of 25 to 40 years. A week later, he pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in Eaton County Circuit court in Michigan.
Between December 2017 to January 2018, Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the child pornography charges, 40 to 175 years in the Ingham County case and 40 to 125 years in the Eaton County case. One-hundred and fifty-six women and girls made statements against their former doctor and trainer during his sentencing.
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