Victims of a group of sports doctors Larry Nassar Among them, Olympic medalist Simone Biles filed a joint lawsuit seeking millionaire compensation from the FBI for not acting against her despite knowing her record of sexual assaults against other women and gymnasts.
“The time has come for the FBI to be held to account,” said the American gymnast. Maggie Nichols One of 90 Olympic medalists ali risman Y McKayla Maroney Those suing Nassar through the law firm of Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, CBS reports.
“If the FBI had just done its job, Nassar would have been arrested before he had the chance. harassing hundreds of girlsIncluding me,” said Samantha Roy, a former gymnast at the University of Michigan.
this Justice Department The United States announced last summer that it would not press charges against FBI agents who denied allegations of sexual harassment and harassment, but later admitted that both violated agency rules.
A year ago, US Olympic gymnastics stars Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisma told the Senate Judiciary Committee of the FBI. “a blind eye”allowing an abuser to go free and continue to commit crimes for more than a year.
Nassar accused of exploiting more 250 women and girls while practicing medicine. The FBI had evidence of the first complaints since 2015, but the scandal became public after an investigation by the ‘Indianapolis Star’ newspaper. Two years later he was sentenced 60 years in prison for assault, sexual assault, child pornography and falsification of evidence.
Michigan State University, which was also accused of not doing enough to stop the abuse, agreed to pay. 500 million dollars to more than 300 women and girls who were attacked. The United States National Gymnastics team and the Olympic and Paralympic Committee have reached a similar settlement valued at $380 million with the affected companies.