Another wave of victims has confronted disgraced former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar at his third and final sentencing hearing, this time about sexual abuse at an elite Michigan club run by an Olympic coach.
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The judge presiding over the case said the number of people who allege they were abused by Nassar has now climbed to 265. That total includes 150-plus victims who offered statements at a different hearing last week, as well as scores of new ones expected to speak over the next few days.
Nassar, who has already been sentenced on federal child-pornography charges and charges that he abused young women and girls while working at Michigan State University, faces another long prison sentence on top of the two he has already received.
"You are most vile, disgusting creature I have ever met," said Katherine Ebert, who was a gymnast from 5 to 18 and started seeing Nassar at 15. "There are black holes in my memory that come back as nightmares or flashbacks, not wanting to believe they're true."
Nassar, once the doctor for the national gymnastics team, sat at a table with his lawyers as accusers rebuked him.
Judge Janice Cunningham has set aside several days for more than 60 victims who want to confront Nassar or have their statement read in the courtroom in Charlotte, a city outside Lansing.
The event could unfold much the same as last week's proceedings in another county. That hearing ended with Nassar getting to 40 to 175 years in prison, a sentence that judge described as Nassar's "death warrant."
The doctor's accusers include Olympic champions Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and other top gymnasts.
