'Army of warrior women' confront ex-gymnastics doctor
More than 150 women and girls came forward in a Michigan courtroom to confront Larry Nassar, the former gymnastics doctor who was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting people under the guise of medical treatment.
Nassar worked at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, the governing body that also trains Olympians. Nassar pleaded guilty to assaulting seven people in the Lansing area, but the sentencing hearing was open to all of his accusers. Here are excerpts of some victims' statements from his seven-day sentencing hearing.
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Sterling Riethman, 25, saw Nassar at the age of 20 when she was a diver at Dennison University in Ohio. She told Nassar that he might not fully grasp what he has caused.