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Netflix’s new documentary “Athlete A” delves into the sexual abuse scandals reported within USA Gymnastics and focuses on Larry Nassar, the now-infamous gymnastics doctor who was accused of assaulting at least 250 young women since 1992.
Nassar’s victims include many Olympic and United States women’s national gymnastics team gymnasts, and Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison in 2017 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Then, in 2018, he was sentenced to 175 years after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of minors. Then, a month later, he received another sentencing of 40 to 125 years after pleading guilty to three more counts of sexual assault — he will die in prison for his crimes.
“I wasn’t proud to be an Olympian,” Jamie Dantzscher, former gymnast and part of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics,...
Netflix’s new documentary “Athlete A” delves into the sexual abuse scandals reported within USA Gymnastics and focuses on Larry Nassar, the now-infamous gymnastics doctor who was accused of assaulting at least 250 young women since 1992.
Nassar’s victims include many Olympic and United States women’s national gymnastics team gymnasts, and Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison in 2017 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Then, in 2018, he was sentenced to 175 years after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of minors. Then, a month later, he received another sentencing of 40 to 125 years after pleading guilty to three more counts of sexual assault — he will die in prison for his crimes.
“I wasn’t proud to be an Olympian,” Jamie Dantzscher, former gymnast and part of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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