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The USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will pay over $300 million to the victims of Larry Nassar.
According to Dan Murphy and John Barr, USA Gymnastics and the USOPC will meet several other nonmonetary provisions to settle the suit. $500 million was awarded to Nassar's victims in a lawsuit against Michigan State University.
Hundreds of survivors refused to be silent despite legal obstacles and the best corporate legal talent money can buy. The power of their story eventually won the day according to attorney John Manly.
According to Barr and Murphy, there is a requirement that USA Gymnastics create a program that will give survivors influence over how the organization addresses sexual assault issues in the future.
Nassar pleaded guilty to 10 charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and federal child pornography charges in multiple criminal cases. More than 180 women and girls he had seen as patients said he sexually assaults them while he was working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University. There are at least 265 women who were abused by Nassar.
He was sentenced to up to 175 years for criminal sexual conduct and up to 125 years for child pornography.
According to Barr and Murphy, multiple investigations found that officials from USA Gymnastics, the USOPC and Michigan State University failed to stop Nassar's abuse despite years of complaints and warning signs.
A parent at the Twistars Gymnastics Club raised concerns about Nassar in 1997. A student-athlete at Michigan State University said she reported Nassar to the school in 1998 but that the school did not take action based on her report; a second student-athlete said the university failed to take any action after she reported Nassar in 2000.
The settlement occurred because of a five-year, bare knuckled legal fight the USOPC and USA Gymnastics decided to initiate against me and 500-plus sister survivors. After thousands of hours of work by the survivors' committee, Sarah Klein said that they had prevailed.
McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles, and Aly Raisman were among the women who accused Nassar.
