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it will pay $138.7 million to settle 139 claims

 arising from sexual abuse committed by former physician and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. 

The settlement agreements will resolve the 

 that alleged the FBI failed to conduct an adequate investigation of Nassar’s conduct. It also will likely put an end to 

, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney to hold federal authorities accountable for not adequately investigating the dozens of allegations.

Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a lead physician  for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics. For nearly two decades, he sexually abused hundreds of victims, including elite and gold medal-winning Olympic gymnasts, under the guise of performing medical treatments.

He was arrested by Michigan authorities in 2016 and later sentenced to serve decades in prison. In 2021, the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General issued a report critical of the FBI’s response to — and — investigation of allegations against Nassar.

 found the FBI mishandled the case against Nassar and failed to respond to the allegations with “the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required.” The DOJ also 

 that the FBI made numerous and fundamental errors and violated multiple policies along the way. 

The Justice Department had previously said it 

 who initially mishandled the Nassar case. In 2021, USA Gymnastics 

 survivors $380 million to settle their claims.

In the DOJ’s statement, Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer said, “While these settlements won’t undo the harm Nassar inflicted, our hope is that they will help give the victims of his crimes some of the critical support they need to continue healing.”

Nassar has been assaulted several times in prison including 

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The DOJ settlement goes to 139 victims of Larry Nassar, the disgraced team doctor of USA Gymnastics who sexually assaulted elite and Olympic gymnasts, after the FBI failed to promptly investigate.

Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case

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