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Dr. Larry Nassar

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Charming fellow.
NOT!

Head sports doctor for the IOC, he sexually molested around 150 adolescent girls over 20 years.
IOC, USAG, and MSU ignored complaints and supported Nasser.
Reminds me of the Catholic Church protecting molesting priests and putting their org's reputation over immediately calling 911 and the FBI in support of the victims. :nono:

HOW can this even happen?

Heads better roll at THE TOP of the International Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, and Michigan State University!

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/te...sident-told-nassar-complaint-2014/1042071001/

Partial Snip:

Reports of sexual misconduct by Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 Michigan State University representatives in the two decades before his arrest, with no fewer than eight women reporting his actions, a Detroit News investigation has found.

Among those notified was MSU President Lou Anna Simon, who was informed in 2014 that a Title IX complaint and a police report had been filed against an unnamed physician, she told The News on Wednesday.

“I was informed that a sports medicine doctor was under investigation,” said Simon, who made the brief comments after appearing in court Wednesday to observe a sentencing hearing for Nassar. “I told people to play it straight up, and I did not receive a copy of the report. That’s the truth.”

Among the others who were aware of alleged abuse were athletic trainers, assistant coaches, a university police detective and an official who is now MSU’s assistant general counsel, according to university records and accounts of victims who spoke to The News.

Collectively, the accounts show MSU missed multiple opportunities over two decades to stop Nassar, a graduate of its osteopathic medical school who became a renowned doctor but went on to molest scores of girls and women under the guise of treating them for pain.

Nassar, 54, pleaded guilty to assaulting nine girls in Ingham County but faces more than 150 civil suits that also involve MSU and others. Already sentenced to 60 years in prison for child pornography in federal court, Nassar will be in Ingham County Circuit Court on Thursday for the third day of his sentencing hearing for seven counts of criminal sexual conduct.

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Nassar was a respected osteopathic sports doctor at MSU and USA Gymnastics who treated some of the nation’s most prominent Olympic athletes. Coaches and others referred competitors to him for pain relief that many understood to involve osteopathic manipulation near the breasts and vagina.

But Nassar admitted to sexually assaulting young women during treatment by touching their breasts or buttocks or inserting his fingers inside them for his own gratification without gloves or lubricant.

Some victims testified he assaulted them while their parents were present while others said he showed signs of sexual arousal during exams.
 
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He is a disgusting pig and in my opinion the only appropriate punishment involves a firing squad. Anything short of that is injustice.
 
StephanieLynn said:
He is a disgusting pig and in my opinion the only appropriate punishment involves a firing squad. Anything short of that is injustice.
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Well ... do you know what happens child molesters in prison?

Let's just say he won't be living out his 60+ year sentence.
He'll be lucky to live 60 days.
 
kenny said:
Well ... do you know what happens child molesters in prison?

Let's just say he won't be living out his 60+ year sentence.
He'll be lucky to live 60 days.
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Do you think they will keep him out of the general population for his own safety? That's what they did to Jeffrey Dahmer, but someone caught him in the shower.....
 
Horrifying. And the abuse victims were abused all over again when the adults in their lives did nothing after learning from them what happened. No wonder history keeps repeating itself. In order for that to happen all people have to do is nothing. The adults did nothing for these young girls. The USA Olympic culture of abuse is horrifying. The complicity, collusion and corruption overwhelming. :nono:

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was that good men should do nothing.”
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Edmund Burke

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it
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Martin Luther King Jr.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
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Albert Einstein
 
A bullet is a whole lot cheaper than supporting him in prison, just saying.
 
For some reason this article isn't working for me, but I hope it discussed the hush money and NDA contracts USA Gymnastics used against these young women. ****ing disgusting.

One of the young women had signed an NDA that said she would be fined $100k if she were to speak about what happened to her. Kristen Bell & Chrissy Teigen both offered to pay this for her so she could attend the hearings and tell her story. USA Gymnastics later dropped the fine.

eta - opened it on another browser. That shit goes way back. So many people involved that refused to speak up. My heart breaks for all these women.
 
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/larry-nassar-sentencing/index.html


CNN)[Breaking news update posted at 12:48 p.m.]

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison, a judge announced Wednesday 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."
[Breaking news update posted at 12:30 p.m.]


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."
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina read aloud parts of the letter in court during his sentencing.
[Breaking news update posted at 12:16 p.m.]
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar addressed the court in Lansing, Michigan, Wednesday before the judge announced his sentence on charges of sexual misconduct.
Nassar apologized 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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(CNN) -- How much is a little girl worth? How much is a young woman worth?
Those were the powerful questions posed by former gymnast Rachael Denhollander at Larry Nassar's criminal sentencing hearing on Wednesday. And they are now questions that Judge Rosemarie Aquilina must consider as she prepares to sentence the former USA Gymnastics doctor.
Over the course of seven full days, Denhollander and other victims of Nassar approached the podium in the courtroom in Lansing, Michigan, and faced the man they said sexually assaulted and abused themunder the guise of providing medical care over more than two decades.
"The breadth and ripple of this defendant's abuse and destruction is nearly infinite," Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis said in her remarks before the sentencing.
She called on the judge to sentence Nassar to a minimum of 40 years in prison and at least 125 years, calling him "possibly the most prolific child sexual abuser in history."
In all, 168 impact statements were read, including 156 from victims themselves.
"We were ultimately strong enough to take you down," Kaylee Lorincz said on Wednesday. "Not one by one, but by an army of survivors. We are Jane Does no more."


Larry Nassar's abuse victims, in their own words
Nassar has sat and listenedon the witness stand, sometimes hiding his head in his hands or wiping away tears with a tissue. He may choose to speak on his own behalf, as he did in a previous hearing on separate charges, but it likely won't affect Aquilina's decision. She's expected to sentence him with a lengthy prison term later on Wednesday.
Nassar, once a renowned doctor, pleaded guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County in Michigan.
Separately, he has already been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child pornography charges. He also has pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal sexual conduct in Eaton County in Michigan and is due to be sentenced on those charges after this case.
Between those three sentences, Nassar, 54, will never get out of prison, Aquilina has said in court.
"He's not coming out between the three sentences that he will get. So you shouldn't be scared anymore," Aquilina told a victim last week.
Rather, the focus of the week-long sentencing has been on the victims -- or survivors, as they have also been called. One by one, women and their families have come forward to explain how Nassar used his respected position to molest young injured girls seeking medical treatment.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/24/sports/larry-nassar-victims.html
 
Good. Now it's time to go after those culpable at MSU and USA Gymnastics.
 
What a POS:

"Nassar apologized 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."

But only last week:

"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."
 
stracci2000 said:
Do you think they will keep him out of the general population for his own safety? That's what they did to Jeffrey Dahmer, but someone caught him in the shower.....
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I'm sure he will be isolated so the state is not sued, but justice will find him anyway.

Prison culture and ethics is a fascinating subject I know bit about.
My brother was murdered in prison, evidence indicates it was for violating the prisoner's code.
I happened to later take an Anthropology class in college; the teacher happened to have done this thesis on the Mexican Mafia culture in California prisons.

They'll get this guy ... and they have 175 years to try. :dance:
 
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Ideal poetic justice scenario : since he’s a doctor, he should be used for medical research.
 
He's a monster. I have no words that can describe they way I feel about him, and gymnastics USA. Those poor women...
 
It’s just a shame they can’t keep that POS alive for another 175 years so he can suffer everyday of it.
 
Ugh, the whole situation disgusts me. The abuse in gymnastics is systemic and longstanding. Now that it's out in the open, I hope there are many changes in all of the organizations and at levels involved. Some of the gymnasts, particularly Aly Raisman, will become activists. The victim statements were moving, but what a shame they had to happen.

Just came here to post a gif of the judge's reaction after reading Nassar's letter, and the transcript of her sentencing him. She stated, “I just signed your death warrant,” is a relief. His prison stay won't be pleasant, and hopefully it will come to an untimely end.

Reaction tossing letter aside, unmoved: https://i.redd.it/ygp9vu6lo3c01.gif

Sentencing transcript:

“I just signed your death warrant,” Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said Wednesday as she sentenced Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, the former team doctor for the U.S. gymnastics team who pleaded guilty to seven counts of criminal sexual conduct, to 40 to 175 years in prison.

Her comments to Nassar and those who sat in the Ingham County courthouse in Michigan were stinging at times and heartfelt in others. They followed statements by more than 150 of his victims, including members of the women’s USA Gymnastics Olympic team.

The following is the entire transcript of Aquilina’s sentencing comments, which began immediately after Nassar apologized to his victims for sexual abuse. The brackets with italicized text further down in the transcript indicate excerpts from a letter, written by Nassar, and read aloud in court by Aquilina.

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s comments in court:
“Sir, I hope that’s true. I hope you are shaken to your core; your victims are clearly shaken to their core. And I know there are still some who ask, ‘are you broken because you got caught?’

First, let me address counsel. I agree with your words in regard to no one should blame defense counsel and vigilante crime is not tolerated. So I hope that no one will do anything untoward against counsel, their children, their families, their firms, their cars, whatever. That is a crime.

Crime plus crime solves absolutely nothing. Please respect their job; it’s a difficult one. I know; I’ve been in their shoes. And the 6th Amendment does guarantee each defendant the right to counsel. It doesn’t matter what the defendant has done, they have the right to counsel. I also want to say, that being said we also have the First Amendment, so you’re all free to have an opinion. There’s always a balancing act between the first amendment, the sixth amendment, all of the due process, and other amendments to the constitution. They’re all valuable in their own way, and that’s why we have an organized and just society. And that’s why we are here today because this defendant has been brought to justice. Do not make it worse, please.

Before I get to sentencing I want to talk about a couple of things. And first, I’ve said what I need to say to the victims. I have a little bit more to say: You are no longer victims, you are survivors. You’re very strong and I’ve addressed you individually. Before I say anything further, I don’t know if you all know this—and I know that the world is watching—I know this because I’m on the bench everyday and this isn’t the only heinous crime that appears in this court.

The National Crime Victimization Survey that is done by the Justice Department annually reports that 310 out of every 1,000 assaults are reported to police, which means that two out of three go unreported. The voices of the survivors have asked everyone to report, keep your voice up, Rachel’s voice (victim Rachel Denhollander who was the last to address Nassar before the sentencing) hopefully will raise these numbers of reports and all of your voices. But that statistic does not include children 12 and under. One in 10 children will be sexually abused by their 18th birthday; one in seven girls; one in 25 boys by their 18th birthday. That means that in the United States, I’m not talking about any other country, but in the United States, 400,000 babies born in the U.S. will become victims of child sexual abuse.

It stops now. Speak out like these survivors; become part of the army.

I do one case at a time. And I really so very much appreciate all of the ‘thank yous.’ I read some of the Twitters and the Facebooks, all of what’s going on in the media. I’m not special. I’m doing my job. If you come into my courtroom any Wednesday and watch sentencing, I give everybody a voice. I give defendants a voice, their families when they’re here. I give victims a voice. I try to treat everybody like family because that’s the justice system I was raised to believe in.

I came to this country stateless. I’m naturalized. My father’s Maltese, my mother’s German, and I was raised on old country values. My grandmother always told me and my parents always told me, my grandfather too, that America is the greatest country. I believe that. That’s why I served in the military, that’s why I’ve always done community service. I’m not really well liked because I speak out. I don’t have many friends because I speak out. You ask me a question, you better be ready for an answer.

I speak out because I want change, because I don’t believe in hiding the truth. And I’m not saying I’m always right. But I try.

I also don’t believe that one size fits all when it comes to sentencing. Another reason I listen. I know there are some judges that for every crime give the same punishment. I don’t think that’s justice. I believe in individualized sentencing. I follow the Constitution. And I believe our system works.

I also believe these survivors.

Now there’s case law about how I can consider what I can consider. And first and foremost, my sentence reflects the seven in regard to who the defendant pled to. But the remainder of you—161 others—add to the credibility of the seven. So technically, I’m considering everything, everyone because your crime, all of your crimes, the depth of them have cut into the core of this community and many communities and all of the families, and people we don’t even know.

And sir, the media has asked me to release your letter. I’m not going to do that. Counsel may object, the media may object, but there is some information in here that troubles me in regards to the victims. And I don’t want them re-victimized by the words that you have in here.

But I do want to read some more of your letter. And the reason I want to do that is because I’ve considered it in sentencing, as an extension of your apology and whether I believe it or not. So I want you to hear your words. I’ve already read some and I’m not reading every line.

So let me begin. [The federal judge went ballistic at sentencing since I pled guilty to the state cases and spent 10% on the federal case and 90% on state cases and civil suits. She gave me 60 years instead of 5 to 20 years (three consecutive 20-year sentences). I pleaded guilty to possession of **** from 09 2004 to 12 2004. Four months.

The prosecutor even admitted that I never belonged to any **** sites, any chat rooms, was not on the dark web, and also, they could not prove I viewed it. It was all deleted, of course. I shared my electronics, and I couldn’t prove that. So for over four months of **** possession to 2004, I was sentenced 60 years. Not proper, appropriate, fair.]

Going down a few lines.

[What I did in the state cases was medical, not sexual, but because of the **** I lost all support, thus the reason for the state guilty plea.]

Let me move down further.

[So I’m trying to avoid a trial to save the stress to my community, my family, the victims, yet look what is happening. It’s wrong.]

Let me move down further.

[I was a good doctor because my treatments worked and those patients that are now speaking out were the same ones that praised and came back over and over and referred family and friends to see me. 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. It is just a complete nightmare. The stories that are being fabricated to sensationalize this. Then the AG would only accept my plea if I said what I did was not medical and was for my own pleasure. They forced me to say that or they were going to trial. And not accepting the plea, I wanted to plead no contest, but the AG refused that. I was so manipulated by the AG, and now Aquilina, and all I wanted was to minimize stress to everyone like I wrote earlier.]

Going down a little bit further.

[In addition with the federal case my medical treatments with the Olympic/National Team Gymnastics were discussed as part of the plea. The FBI investigated them in 2015 and found nothing substantial because it was medical. Now they’re seeking the media attention and financial reward.]

(Aqualina tosses Nassar letter aside)

Would you like to withdraw your plea? (Nassar: No, your honor.) Because you are guilty, aren’t you? Are you guilty, sir? (Nassar: I said my plea, exactly.)

The new sign language has become treatment. These quotes, these air quotes, I will never see them again without thinking of you and your despicable acts. I don’t care how they’re used, I will always think of “quotes” and the word “treatment.” It was not treatment. What you did was not medical. There is no medical evidence that was ever brought.

When this case first came to me, and I have told you this, and I apologize to the Olympians and the athletes, I have five children, two dogs. My parents live with me, I work four jobs. I don’t have much time for television; I don’t watch sports. Although last year I was a soccer coach, much to the laughter of my family. I didn’t know anything about you, your name, or anything that was going on.

So when I kept saying, we’re going to trial, here’s the date and everyone wanted more time I said ‘no, here’s the cutoff.’ And then the cases were merged and we delayed it. And I still thought, well maybe, there’s a defense of medical treatment. And why did I think that? Because it’s my job to be fair and impartial. But also because my two brothers and my father are very known and respected doctors. Real doctors and real treatments based on medical research. Dedicated to healing. I haven’t considered that in this case, but I heard from your survivors now that they trust doctors like I trust the doctors in my family and the doctors I go to.

But I still thought there’s a defense of medical treatment and there are changes in the medical community everyday for the betterment.

So up until the time you pled I believed maybe there was a defense here despite the felony information. I was ready for trial. Your counsel was ready for trial. The attorney general’s office was ready for trial. You sir, decided to plead because there was no medical treatment. You did this for your pleasure and your control.

This letter, which comes two months after your plea, tells me that you have not yet owned what you did. That you still think that somehow you are right, that you are a doctor, that you’re entitled, you don’t have to listen, and that you did treatment.

I wouldn’t send my dogs to you sir. There’s no treatment here. You finally told the truth.

Inaction is an action. Silence is indifference. Justice requires action and a voice and that is what has happened in this court. One hundred and sixty-eight buckets of water were placed on your so-called match that got out of control.

I also, like the attorney general want to thank law enforcement for their investigation. I also want to be the voice for these survivors who asked law enforcement to continue their fine work and to also include the federal government. There has to be a massive investigation as to why there was inaction, why there was violence. Justice requires more than I can do on this bench.

I also want to applaud all of the counsel in the attorney general’s office. I want to also applaud defense counsel. You all have done fine work. You’ve made me proud of our legal system. We all work together for the betterment of our community and that is law enforcement, prosecutors, defense counsel, investigators—there are countless people. It’s the only way our system works. We need this balance. So all of you when I look at myself as lady justice, my arms are like this, they are balanced. Prosecution, defense, they are balanced. It only starts to tip after there’s a plea and after I take into consideration everything that’s happened. So I want everyone to understand I’ve also done my homework. I always do.

People v. Waclawski, I’m sure I slaughtered the name. I apologize, but it is spelled w-a-c-l-a-w-s-k-i. It’s a 2009 case, and in it—and I want you to clearly understand—it says “plainly the law does not limit victims’ impact statements to direct victims.” It doesn’t say, and I have found nowhere that limits me from having you hear all of your victims.

As I said before when counsel came to me and said we’re not going to go to trial despite our court having sent out 200 or the 800 juror requests, and they told me the plea, and would I consider in lieu of trial? There was the agreement between us because I always, and they know it, they are familiar with me, let people speak.

And we had a discussion about which victims, and of course, there was an objection to one of them, but I let it come in anyway. That was part of the plea that you entered into to allow the impact statements. Because after that discussion, I know your lawyers, as good as they are, sat down with you and said the judge is going to allow this. And when it comes down to it, I know it also because this was signed by the attorney general, by defendant, and by defendant’s counsel on Nov. 22, 2017.

Aside from the letter that you wrote a couple of months after your plea, which tells me you still don’t get it. There’s something I don’t understand and I want to make clear. Sir, you knew you had a problem. That is clear to me. You knew you had a problem from a very young age, even before you were a doctor. You could have taken yourself away from temptation. And you did not. But worse yet there isn’t a survivor who hasn’t come in here and said how world-renowned you were. I trust what they say. You could have gone anywhere in the world to be treated. You could have gone to any resort, any doctor, place where you could get treatment; in Europe they have all sort of hidden places for things like this. No one had to know, you could have found some treatment, some help, taken some medicine.

You would have done that if you had cancer. I know you would have; you’re about self-preservation. But you decided to not address what’s inside you that causes this urge, that causes you to be a sexual predator. So your urges escalated, and based on the numbers that we all know go unreported, I can’t even guess how many vulnerable children and families you actually assaulted.

Your decision to assault was precise, calculated, manipulative, devious, despicable. I don’t have words because your survivors have said all of that and I don’t want to repeat it. You can’t give them back their innocence, their youth, you can’t give a father back his life, or one of your victims’ her life. You can’t return the daughter to the mother, the father to the daughter.

You played on everyone’s vulnerability. I’m not vulnerable. Not to you, not to other criminals. At that podium I swore to uphold the constitution and the law and I am well trained. I know exactly what to do.

At this time, I’m going to do it. And I want you to know as much as it was my honor and privilege to hear the sister survivors, it is my honor and privilege to sentence you because sir, you do not deserve to walk outside of a prison ever again. You have done nothing to control those urges anywhere you walk destruction will occur to those most vulnerable.

Now I am honoring the agreement; I’m also honoring what has been requested of me. I want you to know I’m not good at math. I have a cheat sheet. I’m only a lawyer. I know that you had a lot of education in physics and math. But I have a cheat sheet.

It is my privilege on counts 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 and 18 and 24 to sentence you to 40 years. And when I look at my cheat sheet, 40 years, just so you know and you can count it off your calendar, is 480 months.

The tail end, because I need to send a message to the parole board in the event somehow God is gracious, and I know he is, and you survive the 60 years in federal prison first, and then you start on my 40 years. You’ve gone off the page here as to what I’m doing. My page only goes to 100 years.

Sir, I’m giving you 175 years, which is 2,100 months. I’ve just signed your death warrant. (crowd begins to applaud) I need everyone to be quiet. I still have contempt powers, I told you all I’m not nice.

I find that you don’t get it. That you’re a danger. You remain a danger. I’m a judge who believes in life and rehabilitation when rehabilitation is possible. I have many defendants who come back here and show me the great things they’ve done in their lives after probation, after parole. I don’t find that’s possible with you. So you will receive jail credit on counts 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 and 18 of 369 days. On count 24, you will have 370 days jail credit.

If you are ever out, which is doubtful, you would be required to register with the Michigan Sex Offenders Registration Act, comply with all the requirements of that act, in addition to global position monitoring system, you would wear GPS.

You will pay restitution in the amount to be determined based on whatever amounts are submitted and your attorneys can ask me for a restitution hearing so that I can determine what a reasonable amount is for the victims. I am leaving restitution open as long as those victims have issues that can be medically documented. You will comply with DNA testing and pay $60 fee for that. I suspect that was already done. But you owe $60 back to the county for that or law enforcement, whatever. We’ll put it in the right pocket.

You must submit to HIV testing and complete counseling associated with HIV and AIDS. You must waive confidentiality and allow test results and medical information obtained from this test to be released to the court. You will pay the court $476 in state costs, you will pay a crime victims assessment in the amount of $130.

(Aquilina asks if Nassar’s counsel wants to address court costs and fines. Counsel says he doesn’t have any money to pay court costs and fines, adding if the court wants to impose, it can.)

I’m not imposing any courts costs and fines, and here’s the reason: I don’t know what he has, or what he’ll get in the future. The victims deserve the money; the county will survive one way or another.

I’m also going to make recommendations to Michigan Dept. of Corrections for mental health treatment, health treatment, I understand he has medical conditions and he should be allowed to take medicine for that. He should individual and group counseling, treatment for sexual predators, whatever they allow.

I’m also going to send a message: I’m not sure, but I believe I read an article that you were treating people in prison and you don’t have a license. Don’t commit any more crimes. I know you don’t have any more lives to give, but you can’t be treating people. You’re not a doctor. So I’m not sure how that’s happening, but I wanted to send that message.

You have 21 days to appeal, 10 days to request court-appointed counsel. Do you acknowledge the receipt of your appellate rights? Do you acknowledge it? (Nassar says yes)

Let me just say to the media, again I’m just doing my job, you all want to talk to me. My secretary has informed me that I have a growing stack of requests from print media, television, from magazines from around the world—literally.

This story is not about me. It never was about me. I hope I’ve opened some doors, but you see I’m a little stupid because I thought everybody did what I did. And if they didn’t maybe they ought to. But I do this, and have been doing this, you don’t believe me, the keeper of my words is right by my side, and lawyers who are hearing this are shaking their heads saying yep I’ve waited too long as she lets everybody talk. Sometimes people get upset. I don’t care; I get paid the same.

So as to the media that want to talk with me, I’m not going to be making any statements. It’s just not my story. After the appellate period runs with victims by my side to tell their stories I might answer some more questions. Other than what I’ve said on the record, I don’t know what more I could possibly say. But I’m not going to talk to any media person until after the appeal period, and even then if you talk to me about this case I will have a survivor with me because it is their story.

I wanted everyone to hear that from me. I respect all of the media outlets, you’ve done just a fabulous job here. There hasn’t been commotion or upset by this and I do believe in the First Amendment, so I thank you all for being here because it’s an important story for the survivors.

As to today, I know there are a lot of survivors, family members, husbands, friends, a lot of people in the courtroom—you have voices. I am going to leave the courtroom, defendant will leave the courtroom, the attorneys may stay, victims, family members, survivors you may stay in the courtroom and talk to the media. You can have your own press conference right here. Spur of the moment sometimes works out the best, doesn’t it.

Again I won’t make a statement until after the appeal period, and again if there’s any survivor who at that point—somebody wants to talk to me—I’m sure you’ll be moved onto another story—but if you’re not, please give your names to the victims advocate so I can contact you. Please media do not contact me about this story without a survivor. It’s their story.

I thank everyone on this case.

Sir, I hope somewhere you have heard everybody words and it really does resonate with you.

Anything else for the record? (attorney says ‘no’) Alright, so the media is asked to stay here with all those lovely people who may want to speak with you. Thank you.

That’s all, for the record.
http://fortune.com/2018/01/24/judge-transcript-sentence-larry-nassar/
 
What a pig Nasser is - I hope he gets what’s coming to him in jail. The victims are so strong and brave to speak out.
 
They’re survivors now. :appl:
 
That **** makes me SICK. Thank you to judges like Judge Rosemarie Aquilina!
 
Sfadman said:
What a pig Nasser is - I hope he gets what’s coming to him in jail. The victims are so strong and brave to speak out.
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Please do not insult pigs by comparing them with this particular “human.” Pigs are far more intelligent and worthy of being on this planet than LN.
 
monarch64 said:
Please do not insult pigs by comparing them with this particular “human.” Pigs are far more intelligent and worthy of being on this planet than LN.
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YES! I hate it when people malign animals by comparing them to humans. And pigs are very intelligent.

https://onekindplanet.org/animal/pig/

Animal A-Z

Pig
Pigs constantly communicate with each other. They have a range of different oinks, grunts and squeals which have distinct meanings.


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Amazing Facts About the Pig
  • Pigs are extraordinarily intelligent. They are curious and insightful animals who are widely accepted as being smarter than young children of at least 3 years of age, dogs, and even some primates.
  • Pigs are extremely social animals. They form close bonds with other individuals and love close contact and lying down together.
  • Pigs are very clean, keeping their toilet area far away from where they lie down and eat. Even newborn piglets will leave the nest to go to the toilet within hours of birth.


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  • Pigs are very peaceful animals, rarely showing aggression. The exception, as with many animals, is when a mother (sow) with her young offspring is provoked or threatened.
  • Wild pigs play an important role in managing ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity. By rooting, and thus disturbing the soil, they create areas for new plant colonisation. They also spread fruit plants by dispersing their seeds.
  • Pigs have a tremendous sense of smell. The large round disk of cartilage at the tip of the snout is connected to muscle that gives it extra flexibility and strength for rooting in the ground.
  • Winston Churchill famously said that “Dogs look up to man. Cats look down to man. Pigs look us straight in the eye and see an equal.”
  • There are numerous stories of pigs that have saved the lives of humans. For example, a pet pig called Pru pulled her owner out of a muddy bog, and another, Priscilla, saved a young boy from drowning.
  • The pig is the last of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. The pig is seen to represent, fortune, honesty, happiness and virility.

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I am glad the victims were able to stand up and tell their stories. I hope it helps them heal a little bit. I am thrilled that this evil man will be put away for the rest of his life-however long it lasts. The damage he has done is unspeakable. Evil lives in the heart of that man.

I don't know how any parent after hearing about this would be able to allow their daughters to participate in gymnastics at that level. I couldn't do it.
 
I was watching my daughter in her gymnastics class last night. The kids all looked so happy, excited to be there, having a lot of fun pushing themselves. My daughter absolutely loves it. I couldn't help but get a lump in my throat when I thought of all those young girls - their love of the sport, their innocence - preyed upon by a monster.

Hell is not enough for this man.
 
I hope Nassar’s life in prison is pure hell. The thought of these young girls and young women reporting him and not being believed make me feel sick.
I hope those in the organizations who had been told of Nassar and did not report him and help prosecute him are also punished.
 
Ceg, my daughter is in gymnastics as well and just has SO much fun with it. If the day comes that she wants to stick with it at a competitive level (which is unlikely as she is going to be very tall) I would be VERY apprehensive about letting her continue no matter how much these organizations have cleaned up their act in the meantime.
 
haha! I should show you the amount of bacon in my freezer. Organic and uncured of course!;-)
 
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