Around 90 women that includes four-time Olympic gold medalist, Simone Biles are seeking a settlement in excess of $1 billion from the FBI over its handling of the allegations against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
As of right now, the victims have received $500 million from Michigan State because the university missed opportunities to stop Nassar. Additionally, the victims agreed to a $480 million settlement with USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
According to Ed White of the Associated Press, the women say the FBI failed to act with the proper urgency to stop Nassar after they became aware of his actions in 2015.
“If the FBI had simply done its job, Nassar would have been stopped before he ever had the chance to abuse hundreds of girls, including me,” former Michigan gymnast Samantha Roy said, via ESPN.
Nassar, who was a doctor at Michigan State University, was not arrested until the fall of 2016.
The FBI has six months to respond to these claims.
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In 2018, Eaton County Circuit Court Judge Janice Cunningham said 265 known victims of Nassar had been discovered.
Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in 2018 for molesting seven young gymnasts and later received a sentence of up to 125 years on three further counts of criminal sexual conduct.
