by admin | Apr 26, 2024 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
a $138.7 million settlement deal with victims of the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar to resolve their claims of wrongdoing against the FBI in its failures to investigate allegations of sexual abuse. “For decades, Lawrence Nassar abused his...
by admin | Oct 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles has won every meet she’s entered since making her return to elite gymnastics two months ago. Beginning Sunday at the world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, the 26-year-old can continue that trend and add to her record medal haul at the event....
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s mishandling of its investigation...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | Guest Blogs, SEW
Thirteen women who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar are asking for $10 million each from the FBI after law enforcement, who was alerted of Nassar’s behavior, mishandled the case. Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor, was...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Thirteen female athletes who were sexually assaulted by Lawrence G. Nassar, the former sports doctor for the U.S.A. Gymnastics national team and Michigan State University, are seeking $10 million each from the F.B.I., alleging that its agents mishandled an...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and their insurers after a five-year legal battle, an attorney for some of his victims said on Monday....
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Four-time Olympic medalist and member of the International and U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Dominique Dawes, joins News NOW to discuss how the culture of gymnastics may have contributed to the 18 years of abuse by the long-time Team U.S.A. doctor, Larry Nassar. Read...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
An FBI agent accused of failing to properly investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar — and lying about it later — has been fired by the FBI, days before a high-stakes public hearing into the bureau’s flawed investigation of the child sex-abuse case...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A USA Gymnastics reorganization plan includes up to $425 million for survivors who say they were sexually abused by former team doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar. The dollar amount is contained in court documents filed with an Indiana bankruptcy court...
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