Execution time2024-04-24 03:35
Former national team doctor admits responsibility for delaying FBI investigation in Nassar case
The total settlement for lawsuits filed by hundreds of victims with related organizations exceeds KRW 1 trillion.
Gymnasts attend a US Congressional hearing related to the FBI in September 2021
[로이터 연합뉴스 자료사진. 재판매 및 DB 금지] Pictured from left are Allie Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols.
(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Reporter Mina Lim = The US government has agreed to pay a total settlement of more than $100 million in a lawsuit filed against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by victims of sexual assault by the US national gymnastics team a doctor
On the 23rd (local time), the US Department of Justice awarded a total of $138.7 million (about KRW 190.9 billion) to settle 139 lawsuits filed against the FBI by victims of the sexual assault of Larry Nassar (60), who worked as a team doctor’s gymnastics. ) that they have agreed on the terms of payment of the amount to the victims.
“Nasar’s allegations should have been taken seriously from the beginning,” the Justice Department said: “While this settlement will not undo the damage Nassar has done, we hope it will help give victims of crime the support they need to continue their recovery.” he said.
Victims including American women’s gymnastics ace Simone Biles and London Olympics gold medalist McKayla Maroney previously filed a lawsuit in 2022 demanding responsibility, claiming the damage was sustained because the FBI did not properly investigate crimes Nassar even after he was informed about them.
Nassar, who had worked as the national team doctor since 1986, repeatedly committed sexual offenses against female athletes.
Sexual assault perpetrator and former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced in February 2018.
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The FBI first became aware of Nassar’s crimes and began its investigation in July 2015, but the investigation was delayed and the actual indictment did not take place until November 2016.
In particular, it was revealed that the FBI agent who listened to Maroney’s victim statement in 2015, at the start of the investigation, did not write a statement until 2017, after Nassar was charged.
In a US Senate hearing held in September 2021, Maroney testified that although it was mentally difficult for her to tell FBI agents that she was a victim of a sex crime, it was more painful for the FBI to ignore her statement.
The US Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General also released a report in July 2021 criticizing the FBI’s response to Nassar’s allegations and some aspects of its investigation.
Not only the FBI, but also the USA Gymnastics Association and the United States Olympic Committee paid a total of $380 million (about KRW 522.8 billion) in settlements in December 2021 after being sued by over 500 victims for their responsibility for criminal negligence Nassar closed the lawsuit under the following conditions.
According to the Associated Press, Michigan State University, where Nassar worked for several years and committed crimes, also agreed to pay $500 million (about 688 billion won) to about 300 victims for his negligence.
Mick Grewal, an attorney representing 44 victims, emphasized that the total settlement of Nassar-related lawsuits, reaching $1 billion (about 1.376 trillion won) shows that “a shocking tragedy has occurred.”
Nassar is serving 60 years in prison and up to 175 years in prison for federal crimes and violations of Michigan state law in 2018.
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