13 Larry Nassar survivors filed claims against the FBI, asking for a total of $130 million
Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Survivors of Larry Nassar’s abuse continue to fight for justice. Thirteen survivors filed claims against the FBI this week for $10 million each — $130 million in total — for what they allege was a botched investigation into Nassar in 2015.
Nassar was convicted in 2018 after pleading guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct and is currently serving what is essentially a life sentence. He has been accused by over 500 women, many of whom claim that he used his position and power as a gymnastics doctor to sexually abused them. The case gained national attention, in part thanks to the Olympic gymnasts who accused him of abuse.
A Justice Department investigation concluded last year that FBI agent Michael Langeman and his boss, agent in charge Jay Abbott, had failed to respond to a 2015 allegation that Nassar was abusing gymnasts in his care “with the urgency that the allegations required.” The FBI was reportedly alerted to Nassar’s behavior in 2015, receiving complaints from three young gymnasts.
At the time, FBI Director Christopher Wray offered the gymnasts a public apology, acknowledging the failed investigation. “I’m especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. And that’s inexcusable. It never should have happened,” Wray said at the time.
Now, 13 women who claim to have been assaulted by Nassar after 2015 are asking the FBI to put its money where its mouth is. “We spend so much energy and resources encouraging children to come forward when they have been abused, so the fact that people came forward to the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and were rebuffed — it’s a slap in the face,” Jamie White, an attorney representing the 13 women, said in a statement to E! News.
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