Hundreds of female gymnasts who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar, a former team doctor for the U.S. national gymnastics team, have agreed to a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), ending the latest dark chapter in one of the biggest child-molestation cases in history.
The settlement, announced Monday during USA Gymnastics¡¯ bankruptcy proceedings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, is among the largest ever for a sexual abuse case. The funds would seek to compensate more than 500 victims of abuse, including Olympic gold medalists such as Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman.
¡°No amount of money will ever repair the damage that has been done and what these women have been through,¡± said Rachael Denhollander, a Nassar survivor and member of a survivors committee involved in the settlement negotiations. ¡°But at some point, the negotiations have to end because these women need help ¡ª and they need it right now.¡±
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