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 — and they need it right now.”