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Jailed Gymnastics Coach Spent $10K on Himself in Jail While Just $8 a Month to Victims

HeadlineJul 29, 2021

The Washington Post reports the former doctor of the USA Gymnastics team, Larry Nassar, has spent more than $10,000 on himself in prison while paying just $100 a year to his victims. In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 160 young female athletes, including Olympic gold medal winner Simone Biles. Attorney John Manly, who represents many of the gymnasts abused by Nassar, criticized the Bureau of Prisons, saying, “They’re allowing the worst child predator in American history to spend thousands of dollars on himself and pay $8 a month to his victims. Something is completely broken and needs to be fixed.”

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